Thank you. Thank you for that great introduction. Welcome, everyone. Now in its 30th year. I mean, lets hear it. Mitchell kaplan. Doris goodwin and scabbard. Its so wonderful to have you here. Welcome to miami. Our premier annual cultural event. Is good to have the year. In most of the bucks about president ial. And really, it was started by the roosevelt because he is known as teddy. And so how did he start the progressive era jack what propelled him to act . And what were his successes that are still with us today . I may, indeed, teddy. He did not like to be called teddy. He lost that battle with history. Teddy roosevelt came into power at a time when the aspects of the Industrial Age have not been dealt with. There was no compensation. Women and children were exported in the factories. Huge monopolies. The gap between rich and the poor and grown wider. Sounding somewhat familiar to situations today. The digital revolution may have produced a similar kind of economic change. Even th
Up to five years. Say you multiply one million times five, you get about 5 million professional workers in the United States at the present time taking jobs and some Academic Studies that are done, basically pointing out that we have much higher Unemployment Rate among professional workers than we have experienced in the past and that wages for those professional workers are basically stagnant over the past about a decade which would not be true if there were a shortage and if there were bidding among the employers for those high skilled workers. And with regard to the lower end of the skill level, farmers will tell you that they have crops that are rotting on the vine, and that is true. There have always been crops rotting on the vine regardless of how many workers were available for harvesting them. That always happens. For various reasons sometimes the crop is somewhat damaged. Sometimes it is simply a resource issue that the workers do not get there at the right time. But it is not
Senator grassley twice offered allowents to specifically a employer contribution. Last time on march 24, 2010, put up to a t was vote and was defeated by a vote 4356. So, it was not like this was something that congress didnt this was that something they didnt understand. This was specifically debated rejected. So, what we are talking about law of that this is the the 4r57land. If this administration dont law of the land, they should come to congress to land. E the law of the they should not change it by president ial decree or fiat. Ential that is really what brings me to he second part of the reason im bringing this lawsuit is to law. Ld the rule of i think that this lawsuit will a very long vide overdue check on president ial expanding president ial power particularly with this administration. Seeing it and y people will see over the next hree years a real abuse of executive authority by this preside president. Primary is one of the reasons im bringing this lawsuit. As it ainly have
I think our journey as american muslims has to be about refusing to be told by cleric islam andfor us that its ideals is a seven century reality. We are americans and muslims who need an islam of the 21st century. Being muslim in america, sunday night at 9 00, part of. Ook tv this weekend on cspan2 online we will be discussing mark blevins the liberty amendments. Read the book and join the conversation. Our series first ladies continues in a few moments with an exclusive interview with former first Lady Rosalynn carter and steve ford, the son of former president gerald ford and first lady betty ford. Senator ron johnson on his lawsuit to stop members from congress and their staff from getting federal subsidies to buy Health Insurance. Later, president obamas top urges membersor of congress to extend unemployment benefits. As part of our series first ladies, it influence an image, we recently spoke with former first Lady Rosalynn carter in an exclusive interview at the Carter Center in
Deserve aclu to Health Care Access to health care. Its changing the lives of hundred of thousands and im proud of it. And thank you, washington, dc, for making it happen. Moderator representative richardson during a meeting, one of of medfords major employers stated how difficult it is for employees who could pass preemployment drug tests. We have to have governor who will focus on removing the barriers that have caused so much depression and so much poverty on people that we have such high drug utilization. We have to make sure workers have a good education, opportunity for jobs and hope for the fewer. Right now so many feel hopeless, feel in despair and turn to drugs. We need to ensure that they do not have to have that kind of despair and my message to them is, if you feel in despair, will give you hope for a future. I if you feel depressed there is a chance for the future if we make a change leadership. Missouri modded 60 seconds. Are. Moderator 60 seconds. We need to connect kids