Guarantee a minimum level of health care . In 1978, californians voted for proposition 13 even though it was likely to result in cutbacks of Government Services. Had the government gone too far . Not everyone agrees on governments proper role. Some feel government has gotten out of hand. Others feel were not doing enough. Public goods and responsibility how far should we go . Well examine that question with the help of economic analyst richard gill on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. We can all enjoy the benefits of Public Services such as museums, schools, and highways, but they have to be paid for. They are, usually in the form of taxes. Why must the government provide these services . Why cant we rely instead on the free market . Its a controversial question, as we see in the case of private utilities versus the tva. The great mississippi flood of 1927 left 800,000 homeless. Swelling waters overran levees throughout the Tennessee River and into the mississippi, t
This looming Government Shutdown. M kratz can call in this morning democrats can call in at we are talking a possible Government Shutdown tonight at midnight. We are taking your calls and comments this morning. We want to show you some headlines on the subject on most every major newspaper today. Heres the front page of the Financial Times to the frontyou page of the hartford current closed quote current ord and in the Tampa Bay Times front page of the Washington Post close take the Washington Post and finally the front page of todays usa today we are going to take you through the latest today. Questionsincludes 66 about the Government Shutdown, a full page dedicated to questions about the shutdown. One of those questions, when will the shutdown begin . Most federal workers will report to work on tuesday but unless they are deemed essential they will work no longer than four hours before being furloughed. The question is how may times has the Government Shutdowns since 1977 . We will t
In 1948, the cubs ownership took out ads in the chicago papers to apologize for how bad the product was. He said, well, were not very good but we have a terrific ballpark and lets market that. The ivy so lush, the grass so green, the sun so warm and the beer so cold that people wont really care what the scoreboard says. Charlie drew faust and george will when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie Drew Gilpin Faust is here, the 28th president of harvard university, the first female president. She has served in that role since 2007. In her installation address she said, a university is not about results in the next quarter. It is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a lifetime, learning that transcends the heritage of millenia, learning that shapes the future. Im pleased to have the person who said that back at this table. Welcome. Thank you so much. Charl
Or a newcomer from a distant land, the complexity of the medical system in the United States is difficult to comprehend. Gerard anderson, Health Policy specialist, has a simple way to explain it. Gerard anderson i take them to a grocery store, and i show them all the different cereals, and say,e want toave oicen america. It doesnt seem to give us Better Health re, it doesnt seem to give us lower costs, but it does give us choice, and we value choice above everything. From a practical point of view, the first decision many consumers are confronted with is how to finance their health care. The choices are simply to pay for it themselves, or to enroll in a private or Public Health insurance plan. A lot is said about the marketplace of health care. Well, for half of people who are getting their health plan through an employer, their employer offers such a narrow range of plans that they the consumer feel that they are cut off from options they really would like to have. Many employers only
In 1948, the cubs ownership took out ads in the chicago papers to apologize for how bad the product was. He said, well, were not very good but we have a terrific ballpark and lets market that. The ivy so lush, the grass so green, the sun so warm and the beer so cold that people wont really care what the scoreboard says. Charlie drew faust and george will when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie Drew Gilpin Faust is here, the 28th president of harvard university, the first female president. She has served in that role since 2007. In her installation address she said, a university is not about results in the next quarter. It is not even about who a student has become by graduation. It is about learning that molds a lifetime, learning that transcends the heritage of millenia, learning that shapes the future. Im pleased to have the person who said that back at this table. Welcome. Thank you so much. Charl