earth metals will only decrease. you have a lovely earth metals will only decrease. you have a lovely weekend. we will talk to you soon. japanese workers have seen their pay go up at a record rate after the government called on companies to help employees facing rising prices. official figures show that, compared to a year earlier, wages rose by 1.8% in may the fastest pace in 28 years. the salaries of many people injapan had barely moved for decades as inflation was almost nonexistent. here s our asia business reporter monica miller. salaries jumped almost 2%. now, that s the fastest pace in 28 years. they ve barely moved for decades as inflation was almost nonexistent. japan is a bit of an outlier when it comes to big global economies. government price controls, an ageing population and negative interest rates are among some of the factors keeping down inflation.
recession. i don t know how i don t know how the logic changed overnight. certainly this is a big difference from where we thought joe was. neil: i know you don t always talk to your democratic colleagues. you do try to reach out across the aisle. we re hearing that they don t have kyrsten sinema or for that matter others. in arizona, everybody would be whooping it up over this planned spending. so is this likely to pass or will there be trouble? i think it s going to be very challenging. you think about what is good for america right now. we re not in this place. not ready to absorb this. there s a great deal of concern that raising taxes on the people that we need to rely upon to invest more capital and create nor jobs at the time of a recession is not the correct past to follow. they re talking about other aspects of the plan that will be government price controls on
sandra: he says they are shifting blame, but steve, the president tried to pitch his solution to the problem and he says that is to increase competition. could that work? well, look, i m disappointed with the president and robert, frankly, disappointed with you. the one lesson we should have learned over the last 40 or 50 years is that government price controls are, and regulations are not a way to reduce prices. in fact, when we deregulated all the industries, whether it was the electric power industry, trucking industry, airline industry, prices fell. we are not the soviet union. we don t want the government and the central planners telling us what the prices are. robert, if you were right that there was some kind of monopoly in meat prices why is the meat prices just rising under biden? they did not rise under donald trump, you had the same kind of situation. and incidentally, don t forget, sandra, joe biden also blamed the high oil prices on the oil companies. i mean, he just k
patients and the taxpayers are unlocked atms full of cash to be extracted. for their part, the ceos warned any government price controls would slow research they say into common diseases. in the meantime, we turn to an abc news exclusive tonight. extraordinary bravery from a face many will know about her battle with ms. actress selma blair speaking on camera for the first time about her personal struggle. ms affects as many as a million americans. it s a chronic, often unpredictable disease of the central nervous system, involving the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves and causing problems with vision, balance and muscle control. it affects so many in different ways and it can often be debilitating. robin roberts with selma blair and what she wants everyone to know. reporter: an emotional return to the red carpet for actress selma blair. the 46-year-old, who is known for her roles in cult classics like cruel intentions, legally blonde and the
the most dangerous nonsense is a belief when there is a problem the government is the solution. gasoline shortage created by government price controls then it politicians promise. praying us closer to energy independence for our country. 1980. 1985. 10 years. 2025. john: give me a break. there s no shortage today because individuals of discovered new supplies of oil and gas over coming government obstacles. central planners have failed most everywhere including the soviet union, cuba, post office and the obamacare website but yet despite all the failure when another crisis hits the natural human instinct is to say the government has to do something. i will keep taxes low. this is the moment when the rise of the ocean and the planets began to heal.