Announcer coming up on washington journal, the state of the progressive legal movement. The cofounder and executive director demand for justice will join us. Also the president of the national right to work Legal Defense foundation, mark mix, on workforce issues and recent labor unrest. Washington journal starts now. This is a very sad day for america and was also very sad driving through washington, d. C. And seeing the filth and decay and all of the broken buildings and walls with the graffiti. This is not the place i left, it is a sad thing to see it. When you look at what is happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person that is leading by very very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading bided biden by a lot. If you cannot beat him, you persecute him or prosecute him. We cannot let this happen in america. Host good morning. It is friday, august 4. Former President Trump
officials, students and faculty, alumni of the college, since the beginning of the john greenly lectures in 1946, westminster college has been privileged to host some of the greatest men and women of 20th century thought. nowhere else in this nation could serve as a more flitting forum for world leaders than america s heartland where the lifeblood of liberty flows purity and passionately. these great leaders travel here secure in the knowledge that no matter how our different cultures and our backgrounds we have the capability to reach a common understanding of the problems of our day. today, we gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of sir winston churchill s immortal lecture traditionally known as his iron curtain speech. we re deeply honored that sir winston s grandchildren edwina, celia, julian sands done with us for this commemoration but i prefer sir winston s title for his title, the sinues of peace and at first phrase it might appear to be a contradiction in terms.
Cspan. Org and listen ton the free cspan radio app. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. Cspan was created for americas Television Companies brought to you by our cable and satellite providers. Ashington journal. Our national right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and start by reminding our viewers what right to work laws and what the foundation does. Guest our right to work law protects every workers right to join the union but would not contemplate workers being fired from their jobs for dues or fees to a organization, the labor union. 28 states have right to work laws on the books. One, missouri is being contested at this point and probably will wind up on the ballot in 2018. Over the past five years, six new states passed right to work laws and again, its very simple and protects a workers right to join or not join a labor union as a condition of employment. Host you mentioned right to work laws state a map on your website showing those states with right to work laws on the books. W
Featured speakers via steve forbes and the third period. Good evening everybody, thank you all so much for joining us today. It is my pleasure to welcome everybody to todays event, a celebration of the 40 Year Anniversary of the reagan tax cuts. I am Matt Dickerson director of the program for federal budget here at the Heritage Foundation. Our team and i focus our research on issues related to taxing and spending, which i think theres been a little too much of both of those going on recently. We are very excited to be hosting this event, the celebration. The economic recovery tax act, positive change to tax policy that represents a much more of that. Its a change in the mindset. The 1970s were time of high inflation, high unemployment, low opportunity. Our nations leaders rejected the idea of american greatness and thought the American Dream was behind us. Thirty years ago the Heritage Foundation hosted a celebration for the tenth anniversary of the tax cut. It was titled the importanc
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