Or you can continue with us talking about americas middle class, hearing different stories from people around the country. Ellicott city, maryland. Good morning. Caller good morning. Issue with the definition of middleclass. Different in is different states of the country. Host do you consider yourself middleclass, ahmed . Caller with the current definitions, yes i am. But another essays have, in the past few years and longer than that that of show that when we have economic downturn, many up ourwho lined middleclass. They are prone to Health Problems. When a Health Problem takes place, they became very poor. There are not many assets for these individuals in most cases and they do not have the cushion to absorb any of the crises. He talked to a woman earlier who andd on Social Security rented a place, but she said that was all she had. If she does not have the rental money, she is not able to survive. This. E to look into it. Ust got to revisit the American People are distribution the
It starts back to when the father of wyatt earp, most wellknown, his name is nicholas. He was basically left his family. Emporarily in illinois he heard about the gold rush in northern california. He went back to the midwest. He ventured down to southern california. And he got for the San Bernardino valley. He found that one day he would come back to San Bernardino. We will visit the San Bernardino history and Railroad Museum and talk about the importance of the railroad to San Bernardino with the historian Vice President. Located in the 1918 santa fe depot, the museum contains many objects related to the railroad history. Construction was completed in 1918. It replaced a wooden structure approximately 100 yards east of here that burned in 1960. Why the depot was built a lot larger than needed was because they decided to house the Division Headquarters at this location at that time. Watch the cities tour on cspan 2. Working with the cable affiliates and visiting cities across the count
Religious decision, with his decision in smith and oregon. That decision came down my term. Smith versus employment decision. What smith did most held whereally is you have a generally applicable criminal law, that is in that case of law prohibiting the peyote as a listing controlled substance without an exception for religious use, there is not a need for the court to create a religious exception. That was essentially the holding of smith. It was perceived as being contrary to at least some precedents where it seemed as though there was an exception that Administrative Agency doling out Unemployment Benefits would have to take into account orther the person was fired otherwise was not performing their duties because of a religious obligation. We grew up thinking that was an exception. The court held otherwise with smith. That was a very controversial decision. I remember the petition for rehearing. You are quite right, you can say, how was that protecting religion . Really smokes that
Is with the middle class laid bare, with a more precarious position than we realized in the early 2000s. Theye lost a lot of what had. Middleclass Home Ownership was down after the recension recession. Business ownership was down. Middleclass incomes fell not just in the recession, but in the recovery. It only stabilized in the last couple of years since then. They maybe going up again, finally. Be going up again, finally. When we think about the frustrations they are feeling now, it is not just because the recovery and recession were bad. Things were pretty bad before that. A pretty terrible economic decade for most americans and we did not realize that as much because they were spending money they did not have and now they have to pay it back and stop borrowing until we see a situation where it debt frustrations are boiling over. Host were talking about american middle class, the numbers are on the bottom of the screen. You can also participate on social media. Mike is in chicago. We
Could join us on this particular occasion. Being cast in marble is something that every Vice President looks forward to. Not only a high honor, it is our one shot at being remembered. [laughter] you see, joe, the is much to look forward to. [laughter] in the case of Vice President biden, he will be remembered for 44 years of faithful service in the senate, and the white house, and we appreciate you being with us this morning. [applause] i also want to note the presence of my good friend, and one of the great justices of the Supreme Court come also a hunting buddy, and next year scalia will mark his 30th year of the Supreme Court. [applause] im pleased as well to have the highest Ranking Member of congress here, my friend paul ryan. He has lately become a reminder to me that we dont always get exactly what we want in the world politics. Somehow, i once aspired to be speaker of the house and wound up as Vice President. You ran for president and wound up as speaker. You got the job for th