union mick lynch said when asked how keen he was to end the action. i am very keen. i am available now. i don t understand why i met the rail minister on december 15 at the house of commons along with the employer s, and they ve done nothing since. they didn t even ask us to call off the strikes. they were perfectly content for them to go ahead. we ve got a government that doesn t get involved. that keep saying that they are facilitating discussions. and when we go to the discussions, the employers tell me, directly, that the government will not give them a mandate that can settle the dispute. this was the response from the transport secretary, mark harper, earlier today. the rmt back around the table, so that we can try to get a good settlement that is fair to the people that work in the industry, but that s also fair to the travelling public and the taxpayer. as well as its impact on commuters, the strikes are also having an effect on the economy with retail and hospitality some
wants one, this would permanently fix the problem of the working poor. is this madness or brilliance, may be both? professor paul joins us from raleigh north carolina, thanks for coming on. i m not here to attack you, i think there is a huge problem as we transition out of an industrial economy with what people do for a living, the first things that bothers me about your idea does seem like giving up. it feels like admitting that some people are never going to be integrated into whatever the new economy is if they can t succeed, let s just put them on the dole in effect, is that what it is? absolutely not. thanks for having me on, but i have to say i couldn t disagree with you more on this fact. i believe strongly in american workers. i think right now the market is failing far too many. right now, we have 15 million americans that are unemployed or looking for full-time work and simply can t find it. anybody who wants to work should be able to find a job and that s what this program
it s the first time that our court has said that a closely held corporation has the rights of a person when it comes to religious freedom which means that the corporation and closely held are often family based. not exclusively, but usually. that the corporation s employer s beliefs on their employees and of course denying women the right to contraception as part of the health care plan is that. i find it deeply disturbing we are going in that direction. a number of republican. you have to live with it unless you can get the legislative body to change the law or the constitution.