I think that a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwing but it didnt make enough sense to be. Host when did the transformation occur . Guest i just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution that is acting as called why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and it is a long story and i will not tell it that i will give the short version. I was a radical leftist 150 a week was a lot of money as far as i was concerned in the Lower East Side and i was very broke. We got paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to the 300 so was my landlord. I got my first paycheck at 78 or Something Like that. After federal tax and estate tax and the city tax and social security, health care, Retirement Funds i said wait a minute, wait a minute, ive been advocating socialism, communism for years screaming and yelling down the street and we already have it. They just took half my pay. Whats going on here. Im not rockefeller. Th
What were your politics in 1971 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger, but i didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist or a trotskyite or anything. When did the transformation occur . It was gradual. I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the huber institution is backing this. Edited by Mary Eberstadt called why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right and it is a long story and i wont tell it but ill give the shortversion. I was a radical leftist. Very much in favor of some sort of marcus socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying hundred 50 a week. I was a messenger in new york , hundred 50 in new york a week was a lot of money as far as i wasconcerned, i was on the Lower East Side and i was very broke. We got paid every two weeks and i was lookingforward to that 300 bucks. And so was my landlord i may say. And my drug dealer. And a number of other people and i go
On the chin. Again what the experts sort of give they can taketh away. When Jerome Powell talked about the fact even with the flood of stimulus weve already seen, good idea to see more stimulus. He didnt put a dollar figure behind it. The Federal Reserve has spent trillions backing up businesses and banks by buying treasury bonds, corporate backed securities, etfs, and to back up corporate paper. That is unusual, in this particular case unprecedented. He seems to signal we are not out of this by any means. These delays in openings here as we heard new york metropolitan area, broadway doesnt do anything until at least labor day. People add up, lets push stocks down. Now there is good news though. We always want to posit that. Favorable developments on the new york state area, new york city to the point and new york area hospitalization as key level looked at closely continuing a decline has been better than two weeks. Anyway, we have David Lee Miller following all of those new yorkrelat
Host will you for your politics is anyone. I think marsha left would be the easiest way to summon up. P. J. i was a leftwinger but, i did not make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything like that. Host when did the transformation occur. P. J. it was gradual. There is a book coming out, i just about this. Its coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this. It is called why i turned right. This is to rebut a bunch of us who went right. It is a long story in a motel it will give you the short version. I was a radical left. Very much in favor of some sort of socialist thing in america. I got a job. And i get the job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york. That was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was living down in the lower east side. I was very broke. I get paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to that 300 bucks. And so was my landlord mistake. In my drug dealer. Among other people. I got my first paycheck and i got down to 178 or so
We break away from this portion of washington journal to fill our longtime commitment to bring you live Senate Coverage. Follow this at cspan. Org, senate gasoline and next coming up shortly. Senator Tammy Baldwin will deliver the annual reading of washingtons farewell address. After that the senate will debate the nomination of Robert Malloy to be a district judge for the Virgin Islands with the vote to limit debate on the nomination is scheduled for later this afternoon. Live Senate Coverage is here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the center of our joy, make us your captives so that we may live liberated lives. Provide our senators with the spiritual, mental, social and physical revitalization they need just for today. May they place their trust in you and experience your profound peace. Grant that they will relinquish their worries to you, as they permit your perfect love to cast out every fear. Lord, show them your redemptive purposes in every problem they must so