The u. S. Has 5 of the worlds population but 25 of its prisoners. Speaking before the naacp, president obama calls for overhauling the nations criminal Justice System saying too many people have been locked up for nonviolent offenses. This is a cause ringing people in both houses of congress together, created some unlikely bedfellows. Youve got van jones and Newt Gingrich. Youve got americans for tax reform and the aclu, the naacp and the Koch Brothers. Amy today we will be joined by two of those unlikely bed bedfellows criminal activist van jones and mark holden, general counsel of Koch Industries. Plus, we will speak to a Prison Reform activist who spent 19 years locked up. Then to a story about corporate espionage and activism. An employee of the animal theme park seaworld has been exposed for infiltrating peta, people for the ethical treatment of animals. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congressio
Alternative minimum tax. Lawmakers are wondering how the cuts will be paid for and some democrats say at plan favors the well though. It is clear that trump is leaving the details to the Treasury Department and members of congress and tax reform is never easy. We will be attacked from the left and we will be attacked from the right but one thing is certain. I would never, ever bet against this president. He will get this done for the reporter treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says there will be new taxs on overseas profits and he believes people will put their tax savings back into the economy with increased spending. Now a group of democrat lawmakers is still calling on President Trump to release his tax returns before theyll consider any of trumps tax overhaul plan. Yesterday secretary mnuchin says the president has no intention of making his tax returns public. Maureen and wisdom. Mel thank you. Time is 4 31. President trump is taking a major step to undo an Obama Administration envi
Guest well, i tell you, i came to washington in 2015. Won election in november 2014 and when i arrived i realized i was learning how this town is broken as opposed to just having a general feeling of the fact that it was dysfunctional. As i learned more detail, i thought its important that the American People know the details so that they can take some action, they can help fix the problem and its not going to get fixed by just people inside dc working on the problem. Its got to have americans involved. So i decided to write a book about it. Host i did want to share with viewers a bit of your history, you had a career before you came to washington, you had been a federal prosecutor, you ran on successfully for the 2010 and decided to run in 2014. Tell us about yourself and your district . Guest sure. So i actually started out of law school with dick cheney who is a congressman from wyoming at the time. That dates me a little bit but i came in 1986, in 1987i left the committee as it end
Devastate our Nations Health care system. The American People were promised by the president of the United States, who was so supportive of the bill that even. Entually took his own name his party and the bill would lower premiums by 2,500 per family, per year. He promised the American People that no family making less than 250,000 a year would see any form of tax increase when he became president. He promised the American People that obamacare would be more choice, more competition, and lower costs for millions of americans. Now seven years later, almost to the day, it is abundantly clear that this Affordable Care act, has failed acare, the American People and the Health Care System and the people it was designed to help the most. As to the promises, premiums have increased by an average of 25 this year alone on the obamaCare Exchanges. Ruining the pocketbooks of American Families and a far cry from the 2,500 reduction that they were promised for each family. At least 4. 7 million ame
Devastate our Nations Health care system. The American People were promised by the president of the United States, who was so supportive of the bill that even. Entually took his own name his party and the bill would lower premiums by 2,500 per family, per year. He promised the American People that no family making less than 250,000 a year would see any form of tax increase when he became president. He promised the American People that obamacare would be more choice, more competition, and lower costs for millions of americans. Now seven years later, almost to the day, it is abundantly clear that this Affordable Care act, has failed acare, the American People and the Health Care System and the people it was designed to help the most. As to the promises, premiums have increased by an average of 25 this year alone on the obamaCare Exchanges. Ruining the pocketbooks of American Families and a far cry from the 2,500 reduction that they were promised for each family. At least 4. 7 million ame