To 100 years of our country, there really wasnt much growth of government. If government, you know, the federal government basically provided the postal service, built the roads, it provided the national and had a court system. But we didnt have all the, you know, social programs. And there was no Education Department or Energy Department back then. And and then, of course, the big. I think there were two or three things that happened in the United States that the big increase in government one was the adoption, the income tax. Because remember, for the first hundred years of this country, the the constitution actually prohibited an income tax. And then we passed a believe it was the 16th amendment. But dont quote me on that i think was the 16th amendment back in around 1913 that enabled an income tax. Well that provided this new revenue for the government. And yes what they did they started spending it. So you had a big burst of government at that period. And then, of course, you had
Who will discuss his book. He will be in conversation with dr. David lehman. Andrew school skull received his phd from Princeton University and is currently distinguished professor of sociology emeritus at the university of california san diego. In 2015, he received the roy porter medal for lifetime contribution to the history of medicine. In 2016, the eric ralston award of a lifetime contribution to the history of psychiatry. His previous books include madness and civilization, hysteria the disturbing history, and madhouse a tragic tale of mega mania and modern medicine. He has contributed to many previous documentaries many pbs documentaries. He blogs for and has written for the atlantic, scientific american, paris review, wall street journal, and the nation among many others. Dr. David lehman received his medical degree from Washington University st. Louis medical school and completed his psychiatry residency at university of california san diego. He is chief of cognitive disorders
And it is those human connections. Host the name of the book is hatching twitter a true story of money, power, friendship and betrayal nick bilton of the New York Times is the author. A look at the role the administration wants young people to have on the Affordable Care act. And then the South Carolina tea partys convention. And then the hudson forum on communication policy. A look at the role the administration wants young adults to have. Our guest was Rebecca Adams of cq health beat. Follow us on twitter. Washington journal continues. Host our guest for this segmet is Rebecca Adams. A was a big wrench mark of the Affordable Care act, the role of young people is one of the bench marks. Tell us what you are seeing . On january 13th, the first demographic breakdown was put out. The administration is showing 40 of the sign ups would be among young people. So far what we are seeing is about 24 of the people signing up are young people. Now that is in proportion to the population. About 2
Going to look like amazon or at sea. They certainly want to put a face board in front of u. S. Investors and consumers. News out of twitter twitters stumbled upon of this yesterday. We went online and discovered our twitter page looks a lot like facebook. Twitter is experimenting with wings like this all the time, facebook is as well, but one of the things that makes it difficult for them to make changes is current users get upset when things look different. That is the ultimate issue. Twitters appeal to people who twitterwitter users of course are responsible for so many pages, but those numbers falling down, user growth falling down and they havent addressed that. We are following another big story out of washington the Obama Administration is releasing new Cyber Security headlines today. Thanks, utilities and other essential services to improve defenses against hackers. Basically they are going to outline some guidelines, but these are voluntary guidelines. This is a rising issue. I