Have debt. The problem is we are taxing our business is so much, putting so much regulation on the net we are running up those costs, and then we have fewer jobs. Since the 1970s, we have not had such a low Labor Participation rate. When you do not have people in the work lays, you have less money creating jobs, taxpayers, so we need to first and foremost have a growth economy. Thats why that has to be our number one priority, and for six years, weve then waiting. They do not get that that has to be the number one priority. Weve been top for jobs in virginia because that has always be our priority. I talked about cutting taxes so we get more money out there into the private sector. You grow jobs. We get those one in five people on food stamps back to work, and then you are going to save a lot of money on it stamps. People want a job. Then you are going to have money coming in. I think one of the things we did in virginia was we said to our state employees we made them our partners, whi
Seven civilians in an u. S. Airstrike in syria. Then we go to ferguson missouri. I want to say to the brown family, no one was not espresso loss of a child can understand what you are feeling. Im truly sorry for the loss of your son. Im also sorry that it took so long to remove michael from the street. As fergusons police chief issues his first apology to the family of Michael Brown, protests continue against the police force. Tension escalated this weekend when a Police Officer was shot in the arm while responding to a burglary unrelated to the protests. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. U. S. Continues to expand military operations in iraq and syria with new deployments and bombings. Overnight, usled warplanes hit grain silos and other targets in northern and Eastern Syria. The syrian observatory for human rights says the attacks killed a number of civilians, though the toll is unknown. Videos emerged
He and Glenn Greenwald just wrote a piece titled the Khorasan Group anatomy of a fake Terror Threat to justify bombing syria. Then Human Rights Watch calls for a probe into the death of seven civilians in an u. S. Airstrike in syria. Then we go to ferguson missouri. I want to say to the brown family, no one was not espresso loss of a child can understand what you are feeling. Im truly sorry for the loss of your son. Im also sorry that it took so long to remove michael from the street. As fergusons police chief issues his first apology to the family of Michael Brown, protests continue against the police force. Tension escalated this weekend when a Police Officer was shot in the arm while responding to a burglary unrelated to the protests. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. U. S. Continues to expand military operations in iraq and syria with new deployments and bombings. Overnight, usled warplanes hit grain
President obama and his new defense secretary Ashton Carter are reconsidering americas exit from afghanistan. Almost 14 years after america invaded afghanistan, as late at 2011 the number of u. S. Troops on the ground peeked at 100,000. The current plan could whittle that down to 5,000 troops and all troops out by the end of flex year. But secretary carter just told officials the u. S. Is now rethinking that plan. The Obama Administration prefers a larger than planned troops perhaps keeping most of the 10,000 troops on the ground through 2016. They would stay on to train and advise advise afghan troops. The new leader ashraf ghani. The u. S. Has allocated 700 million to afghanistan and related counterterrorism operations. Some 2200 american troops have died in the operation, more than 20,000 Afghan Government Security Forces have been killed and afghan civilians have top taliban launching new offenses in many parts of the country life for afghan civilians does not seem likely to return
Years after america invaded afghanistan, as late at 2011 the number of u. S. Troops on the ground peeked at 100,000. The current plan could whittle that down to 5,000 troops and all troops out by the end of flex year. But secretary carter just told officials the u. S. Is now rethinking that plan. The Obama Administration prefers a larger than planned troops perhaps keeping most of the 10,000 troops on the ground through 2016. They would stay on to train and advise advise afghan troops. The new leader ashraf ghani. The u. S. Has allocated 700 million to afghanistan and related counterterrorism operations. Some 2200 american troops have died in the operation, more than 20,000 Afghan Government Security Forces have been killed and afghan civilians have suffered as well. More than 17,000 have died in the conflict and with the taliban launching new offenses in many parts of the country life for afghan civilians does not seem likely to return to normal any time soon. Nicole johnston has the