nine years ago the court said race could be considered in college admissions to help diversify the student body. the court has become more conservative sense then, and opinions on affirmative action have tightened. the outcome could change how the country runs its education system. according to the next guests, a shake-up is exactly what they need. the new book argues in favor of the controversial mismatch theo theory, that affirmative action hurts beneficiaries because they re inadequately placed in schools where they cannot compete. in the guest spot is richard sanders professor at ucla and stewart taylor junior editor of harvard law review, co-authors of the new book out today mismatch. welcome, gentlemen. thanks for having us. thank you. richard, let me start with you. you say affirmative action places mirnlt students with
before you get our vote, you re going to have to answer some questions. questions like when is the election? how soon do we have to decide? what are the names of the two people running? and be specific. where is the president right now? is he or she running? because if so, experience is maybe something we should consider. we are america s undecided voters. there s still a lot we don t know. and we want answers. low information voters of america is responsible for the content of this advertising. some simple questions there, right? let s bring in lynn, a political science professor at ucla and co-author of the gamble: choice and chance in the 2012 presidential election. lynn, it s great to have you here. and bill maher pointed out that even the octo-mom and kim kardashians, they re undecided right now. he talked about that this weekend. we certainly hope that undecided voters aren t nearly as clueless as they are in that snl skit,
stockton? first of all, i think it s disingenuous for marc to argue for more government spending in california. marc is the direct recipients of government spending in california. professor at ucla making at least what i understand a pretty tidy 6 figure income. so, yes, of course it s in his vested interest to argue for more government spending. juan, reality exist and it if the piper can t be paid whether in the private company or public sector you have to make changes. juan: how do we fix it? do we put those pensions. we have to cut the pensions. cut them now or cut them later. if you don t cut them now. in greece. california has been called the next greece for months. it wasn t the private sectors in greece riding them in the streets. it was the public sector unions that s what they could see if we don t impose real austerity in the state of california now. juan: marc, austerity, cutting pension, cutting spending. you have got to do it or going to be greece. what do you s
stockton? first of all, i think it s disingenuous for marc to argue for more government spending in california. marc is the direct recipients of government spending in california. professor at ucla making at least what i understand a pretty tidy 6 figure income. so, yes, of course it s in his vested interest to argue for more government spending. juan, reality exist and it if the piper can t be paid whether in the private company or public sector you have to make changes. juan: how do we fix it? do we put those pensions. we have to cut the pensions. cut them now or cut them later. if you don t cut them now. in greece. california has been called the next greece for months. it wasn t the private sectors in greece riding them in the streets. it was the public sector unions that s what they could see if we don t impose real austerity in the state of california now. juan: marc, austerity, cutting pension, cutting spending. you have got to do it or going to be greece. what do you s
stockton? first of all, i think it s disingenuous for marc to argue for more government spending in california. marc is the direct recipients of government spending in california. professor at ucla making at least what i understand a pretty tidy 6 figure income. so, yes, of course it s in his vested interest to argue for more government spending. juan, reality exist and it if the piper can t be paid whether in the private company or public sector you have to make changes. juan: how do we fix it? do we put those pensions. we have to cut the pensions. cut them now or cut them later. if you don t cut them now. in greece. california has been called the next greece for months. it wasn t the private sectors in greece riding them in the streets. it was the public sector unions that s what they could see if we don t impose real austerity in the state of california now. juan: marc, austerity, cutting pension, cutting spending. you have got to do it or going to be greece.