Reagan administration. I served for a few years at the office of management and budget. It was at that point i saw how these entitlements grew and how difficult they were to control. That was the origins of my interest. Host how long were you there . John i was there for three years. I served prior prior to that at the department of labor. I left omb in the mid1980s, there returned in 1988 to serve as the deputy at omb and return to stanford. Lessons thatre the you learned working at the office of management and budget. John the main lesson was just how difficult it is to control spending. It seem like all of the forces in washington were towards war and more spending. Ronald reagan, more than any other president made a comprehensive effort to rein in Government Spending. He was modestly successful. Having been part of that battle, i saw how powerful these forces were expanding Government Spending. Surprise ingest your book was fdr. Tell that story. Think that thele entitlement state b
During the Ronald Reagan administration. I served for a few years at the office of management and budget. It was at that point i saw how these entitlements grew and how difficult they were to control. That was the origins of my interest. Brian how long were you there . John i was there for three years at omb. I served prior to that at the department of labor. I left omb in the mid1980s, and then returned in 1988 to serve as the deputy at omb and returned return to stanford. Brian what were the lessons that you learned working at the office of management and budget. John the main lesson was just how difficult it is to control spending. It seem like all of the forces in washington were towards war and more spending. Ronald reaganw, more than any other president made a comprehensive effort to rein in Government Spending. He was modestly successful. Having been part of that battle, i saw how powerful these forces were expanding Government Spending were. Brian my Biggest Surprise in your bo
He discusses his book, the high cost of good intentions the history of the federal Entitlement Programs. Brian john cogan, author of the high cost of good intentions. When did you get interested in entitlements . John it goes back to my years in washington in the 1980s during the Ronald Reagan administration. I served for a few years at the office of management and budget. It was at that point i saw how these entitlements grew and how difficult they were to control. That was the origins of my interest. Brian how long were you there . John i was there for three years at omb. I served prior to that at the department of labor. I left omb in the mid1980s, and then returned in 1988 to serve as the deputy at omb and returned return to stanford. And then left again and returned to stanford. Brian what were the lessons that you learned working at the office of management and budget. John the main lesson was just how difficult it is to control spending. It seem like all of the forces in washing
It is called the high cost of good intentions, the history of. U. S. Entitlement programs. John thank you very much. I left omb in the mid in 1998hen returned to serve as the deptive omb then left again and returned stanford. What were the lessons that thelearned working at office of management and budget. What were the lessons that you learned working at the office of management and budget. Well it seemed it was toward spen. D more as you know Ronald Reagan more than any other president. How powerful they were. The Biggest Surprise in the if. Was fr yes. Yes. Tell that story. True with Social Security. But the Franklin Roosevelt of was not like the Franklin Roosevelt of 1933. Franklin roosevelt in 1633 managed to roosevelt of 1933. In his first year in office, he removed nearly 400,000 i disabledd war the rolls he re duesed by 50 percent and extra in ry change in the whole history of Entitlement Programs. Interesting about it was the way he went about it. Entered office, of course, we
Welcome, everybody. Lets thank the First Unitarian Church for welcoming us here this evening. Church steps up and stands out and steps up for equal rights and social justice, and we want to thank them for that. I think we should thank comes blumenauer for holding this congressman blumenauer for holding this event. We think this is a major step toward to have this forum to talk about where we would like to go, and how you can get involved to move toward this goal. Let me outline the plan and i will get out of the way. We have some Major National and local experts on this issue about Health Reform who can help us understand these terms like singlepayer, medicare for all. And help us understand the National Landscape and then known and the local landscape in the state. They will be introduced in turn. Will endbefore 7 00, of that part of the program and have questions and answers. , whatwho have questions we will do is there will be people with microphones up top and down below, and when