President donald trump has defended his America First message to the worlds elite addressing the World Economic forum and also declared the u. S. Open for business and said u. S. Coolth would help the rest of the world are diplomatic at the same space as more. As the band played a President Trump stood somewhat could leave aside the man who founded the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab his vision for almost half a century open world trade is not at all with the president s America First policy taking the role of salesman in chief trump declared no america for us does not mean america alone when the United States grows so does the world american prosperity has created countless. All around that low. Trump who was recently as this week has been accused of protectionism after slapping terrorists on imports of solar panels and washing machines criticized other nations for their trading practices we cannot have free and open trade if some countries exploit the system at the expense of other
Egos on both side of the house. As we unfold here today and go through this process, let me say, usually im sitting in your chair. Im answering the questions. Today im asking the questions. So bear with me as we unravel this or peel this onion. I went through the book and i saw so many interesting things about how we get to a better chemistry. How do we get to civility. How do we get things done . Just let me ask you at the outset, why write the book . Thats a great question. I think we write the book in part because we love the institution. We want to see it continue to thrive and progress and be what it can be and what our Founding Fathers envisioned for us. That takes work. It takes leadership. It takes adjustment. I worry today that because of the dysfunction, we are at a crisis point. We are going to have to take some corrective action to bring it back. This institution is only as good as the people who serve. I think we take it for granted and we have to remind the American Peopl
Policy, can you keep it. There were a lot of people that wanted to buy policies that cost less and that didnt have lifetime caps lifted. There are a lot of people that wanted to buy that didnt cover their 26yearold. You didnt let us do that. And that is the problem. We are smart people. We can make our own decisions. We dont need the government telling us what we have to have. And that is the biggest complaint i get from idahoans, from americans saying why are you politicians and washington, d. C. Constantly telling us what we should do for ourselves . And thats the basic problem of all of this. Whenever you try to socialize in the industry, nationalize an industry like its been done here, its never worked. Its been in tried in all sorts of countries and it never works. Its not going to work here. Well, let me go over a couple other points. First of all, i want to ask mr. Knoll, im told that there are have been 150,000 small group plans that have been canceled in your state. Is that tr
Agreement on the budget. When lawmakers return after the thanks giving recess, will that happen. I am not sure, but i am fairly optimistic. I think the the discussions between paul ryan and senator murray are going pretty well. I think there is a real chance that we could have a budget agreement that nobody is in love with, but is at least a step forward in saving money in ways other than these across the board sorts of cuts that come with sequestration. Im hopeful that it will actually happen. If it actually happens, what will it look like . I think the hope is that it will last for a couple of years. That it would include at least some reforms in mandatory spending programs which after all occupied two thirds of the federal budget, and that it would prevent any further cuts in National Security and other discretionary programs. I think it is important for people to remember that defense is 17 of the federal budget, and yet it is has had to absorb the percent of all of these budget cu
I was working fulltime and attending Indiana Law School at night and that didnt leave much time for marcia in to enjoy the amenities of indianapolis. But frankly, they were very few to enjoy that particular time. It was then that her newly elect a mayor began a remarkable transformation of indianapolis into it now has become one of the most attract david Livable Cities in america. As mayor, dick lugar worked carefully with the indiana general assembly, then governor would come to extend the boundaries of the city and merge indianapolis and Marion County to provide common essential service is more efficiently, a concept that called unit of. Unit of wasnt without conversely because of dick lugars vision, careful negotiations and decisive action, indianapolis became a model for other cities across the nation. When the law took effect in 1970 indianapolis population rose from 476,000 to 783,000. Moving from the 26th largest city to one of the nations dozen large cities literally overnight.