And power to solving its d domestic problems. He said a Great Society depends on its abundance , and end poverty to which were totally committed in our time. He told the audience to picture an american where the cities are beautiful, environment is cleaner, schools are better and people healthier. He talked in economic and spiritual terms of what a better and healthier america would look like. Now its 50 years later. Did the Great Society programs hit their mark . Did we get close to johnsons vision . Or did it put a tax burden for the next 50 years. Our task is to help replace their despair with opportunity. January 8, 1964, president Lyndon Johnsons state of the union address. This Administration Today here and now declares un unconditional war on poverty in america. I urge in congress and all americans who join with me in that effort. [applause] it will not be a short or easy struggle. No single weapon or strategy will suffice. But we shall not rest until that war is won. The riches
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and we are honored to have you at aei. Im delighted to welcome you to this event in partnership with the yg network and National Affairs. We want to talk to you today about policy solutions in bringing back the middle class and solving problems of poverty we have seen now for 50 years. Today is the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon Johnsons Great Society speech that was the beginning of an experiment that basically remade the way our government interacts with its citizens, particularly citizens who are economically vulnerable. President johnson painted a picture of the Great Society with the following words the Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to its a his talents. Place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect and not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness. Its a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beau
What solution is there . Even if you had a fair tax or flat tax, youve still got to have an i. R. S. And i love Arthur Laffer, reagans economic advisor, he said, you dont have to have the i. R. S. Do away with it. The problem with the i. R. S. Is of course theyre going to get arrogant because they pick who theyre going to audit, just like weve seen with all these abuses, they put they pick what all they are going to audit, just as weve been hearing, they get so intrusive, so personal, and then they decide what your punishment is going to be. Theres no other area in america, and i sure dont think the think the founders anticipated that the i. R. S. Or any entity would exist that could be the prosecutor, the judge, the jury, and the executioner all. And thats why Arthur Laffer says, you need to get rid of the i. R. S. And have an Auditing Agency thats a fraction of the size of the i. R. S. , they dont get to pick who they audit, thats done completely at random they never get to pick who
The story of catherine sibeliuss resignation is top of most news organizations news items. A wellregarded former governor of the state of kansas. She is leaving after months of intense criticism over the botched rollout in the fall of the insurance marketplace. Doing the firestorm, president obama made clear to his aides that he would not seek the resignation of the health secretary. Joining us to break this down is john sullivan. Thank you for being with us is morning. Guest thank you for having me. One of the things is interesting is this caught democrats on capitol hill by surprise. Obama kept within a closeknit circle. Republicans have been calling for her resignation for months waiting dating back to the troubled rollout of the healthcare law last fall, as you mentioned. It seemed like obama was going to stick with her. She has been around for just about five years. It is something that caught people outside of the immediate orbit of the white house by surprise. As we have seen fr
Deserve to hear those answers. Timehere comes a point in prompt otherthings things. Thatis instance, the idea has, ire rights that one think we have to deal with that first. As i said in my opening about whatit is not is bigger than us. T is bigger than this moment it is bigger than ms. Lerner. It is about generations yet unborn. I think somebody who asked the question, people laughed. It was a series question. People come before this committee in the future, will we have to read them their rights . Will we have to give them a miranda warning . Will we have to tell them that any syllable that is said may be used against them . Think we really have to be careful in the precedent we are setting. There will be disagreements with regard to the law. I have been practicing over 20 years. I had disagreements with lawyers. I remember in law school we would argue cases in the court read one person will look at the same fax and have one opinion. No matter how you look at the facts, the things th