Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and we are honored to have you at aei. Im delighted to welcome you to this event in partnership with the yg network and National Affairs. We want to talk to you today about policy solutions in bringing back the middle class and solving problems of poverty we have seen now for 50 years. Today is the 50th anniversary of president Lyndon Johnsons Great Society speech that was the beginning of an experiment that basically remade the way our government interacts with its citizens, particularly citizens who are economically vulnerable. President johnson painted a picture of the Great Society with the following words the Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to its a his talents. Place where leisure is a welcome chance to build and reflect and not a feared cause of boredom and restlessness. Its a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beau
In the implant mentation implementation of that to this day. First, at of the gift as evolutionary as you think. We still try to believe we are protecting the National Security. We still know the events that occurred on september 11, 2001, could happen again. And of course, that was written in the close aftermath of that. But it was also carefully crafted and vetted. It has been reauthorized with some changes over that time will stop over that time. But nonetheless, the majority of the provisions in that are valid and important. And theres still some is agreement about some of the provisions, but not most of the provisions in that legislation. Our trouble here, and i will let Jim Sensenbrenner address this because he can do so better than i can, but our trouble here is be carefully considered what section 215 should be used for. They used it for purposes different than what i believe congress intended, and certainly the vote here today reflects that. If that same question were asked ba
Hi there, im kennedy. Nice to have you here on a delightful end of the week book end, its the independents im joined by reason editor in chief matt welsh and kmele foster, we are the independents and fearless trio of government galavanters. When does the government overstep their bounds . How is the government up in your business. They havent, thank you, i appreciate that. Kennedy really. When it intrudes on your ability to behave personally according to how want to behave. The government shouldnt interfere on people, you know, on who they love or what they like to do. Ive never come across a government you can trust. Kennedy wow. Any of them. English, american, not trusted. Cant trust them. Take away your freedom but it tells you what to read, what to eat, what to drink. I dont think theyre up in my business, i got my own business to deal with before you have to deal with the government. How is the government up in my business . Since i own a business, they want more of my money. Regu
Can we build a better phone for amazon prime members . Well, im excited to tell you the answer is yes. \[applause] from 3d viewing capability and Image Recognition technology called firefly, bezos was keen to point out how the phone was different from the wide selection of smartphones on the market. At t is the exclusive carrier of the fire phone. It hits the market july 25 for 199 with a contract and includes a year of free prime membership. So how will the fire phone stack up against the competition . I spoke with our editor at large, cory johnson, who was in seattle for the event. Also joining us is wired Deputy Editor joe brown, bloomberg businessweeks brad stone, author of the Everything Store jeff bezos and the age of amazon, and from san diego, paul kedrosky, the managing partner at venture firm s. K. Ventures and bloomberg contributing editor. I started by asking joe what he thought of the phone. I mean, this is a phone that is going to help you buy stuff. The coolest feature t
Can we build a better phone for amazon prime members . Well, im excited to tell you the answer is yes. [applause] from 3d viewing capability and Image Recognition technology called firefly, bezos was keen to point out how the phone was different from the wide selection of smartphones on the market. At t is the exclusive carrier of the fire phone. It hits the market july 25 for 199 with a contract and includes a year of free prime membership. So how will the fire phone stack up against the competition . I spoke with our editor at large, cory johnson, who was in seattle for the event. Also joining us is wired Deputy Editor joe brown, bloomberg businessweeks brad stone, author of the Everything Store jeff bezos and the age of amazon, and from san diego, paul kedrosky, the managing partner at venture firm s. K. Ventures and bloomberg contributing editor. I started by asking joe what he thought of the phone. I mean, this is a phone that is going to help you buy stuff. The coolest feature to