Scan the q. R. Code to listen. Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. Were funded by these Television Companies and more, including comcast. You think this is just a Community Center . No, its way more than that. Comcast is partnering with thousands of Community Centers with lists so lowncome students can have everything ey need. And comcast supports cspan, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Host were back this morning with mark goldwine, senior policy director for the committee for a responsible federal budget here to talk about u. S. Deficit and federal spending. Mark, lets begin with defining deficit versus debt. Do that and then tell us the difference. Guest thanks so much for having me this morning. The deficit is how much we borrow each were and the debt is how much we owe. Its the sum of all of our past deficits. If you think of a credit card, the deficit is how much youve added to the credit card bill in 2023. The debt is how much you owe total. Host where are we a
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] host good morning it is monday september 18, with eight working days left until the government funding expires the House Republicans have crafted a proposal to keep the government running 30 days while they work out a larger measure. With a razor thin majority in the house this doesnt appear to have inform republican support. We will get your take on the spending negotiations in the first 90 minutes of washington journal. Democrats democrats. 2027488000, republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Or 2027488003 or post on facebook. Com cspan or x with the handle cspanwj. We will get to your takes but first last night a deal was announced between the hard tpraoeupltd caucus in the house and moderate colleagues the main street caucus. There are about 70 main street caucus members republicans and 40 conservative Freedom Caucus. The two sides were negotiating on a way to avoid a Government Shutdown. These are some provisions i
Currently stands. Welcome to National Economists club, our first event of the year. The National Economists club, for so, im pete davis, Senior Vice President and past president of the club. The National Economics club was started in 1968 by herb stein, pitcher of the council of economic advisers and it has met roughly 40 weeks out of every year since presenting leading economists talk about issues of the day. Today were very pleased to have Marc Goldwein of the committee for a responsible federal budget to talk about the return of trillion dollar deficits. Before introduce marc, levy tell you about some upcoming programs. We have dr. Alice rivlin on february 1 and a luncheon here at chinatown garden talk about said policy and the beloved about the budget come shes a former vice chair of the fed and, of course, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. We also have commitments to speak in february, although te dates have been set, by the culture of the council of econom
Many americans anxious, under nerd, deeply worried. They believe the governing class has let them down hence they were willing to gamble a presidency on a World Wrestling entertainment hall of famer with no experience and we are living with the consequences. A few other things is that politics has become an arena for conflict rather than a place for problem solving. Jonathan hite and dan abrams, two professors cite several destructive longterm trends that could explain why our National Policies broken and to mention a few, a political scientist referred to the isle ideological sorting of the parties to peer presence over the over the years and politicians have polarized americans and not just ideologically, but in terms of personality and lifestyle. That urban renewal divide has grown into a bowl which reflects to urgent interest in values. Fourth, immigration is rising and has led to write Ethnic Division with cultural changes in Congress Make it harder to maintain cross party friends