The American Enterprise institute beginning at 1 30 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Cspan, created by americas Cable Companies this 1979, brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Host and best selling author tom standage has a new book out, and its called writing on the wall. Tom standage, what do cicero and twitter have in common . Guest well, the idea of the book is that social media is a very old idea. We think that its recent and only people alive today have ever done it. But really what im arguing is theres a very long and rich tradition of social media that goes back to the era of cicero, so thats the First Century b. C. , and the point is that you dont need a Digital Network to do social media. If you have one, it goes faster, but you could actually do it in the old days. Cicero did it with papyrus rolls and ore members other members of the roman elites were linked to him and all spoke to each other, and its very much a social environment. But there are many
Republicans for their part insist that the president gets serious about cutting spending in order to reduce trillion dollar deficits and a National Debt that is now mindboggling league not monotonous. House minority leader disagrees vehemently with the speaker on how to reduce deficits and debt. Today she offered a paradoxical statement on fiscal policy that would make both casey stiegel and yogi berra proud. The tion now just 24 days away from 600 billion of spending cuts and tax increases that will automatically kicked in. And pelosi has some wise words for washington. Please listen terror. This is a moment of truth. The clock is ticking. Christmas is coming. The goose is getting fat. In many Homes Across America it is very, very lean times. You cannot cut your way to deficit reduction. Lou thats right. Pelosi says we cannot get our way to deficit reduction. Listen to the top democrat in the house of representatives, the former speaker of the house unveiling on dealing with the fisca
Lets kick it up with what everyone is talking about and what else could be on the first friday of the month . A big upside surprise, 288,000 jobs traded last month and the Unemployment Rate drops to 6. 3 , the lowest since september of 2008. Impressive, those are good numbers. The most new jobs added to payrolls since january of 2012. Is that good news . The headline number is good but the details are not quite as good. Thats why we see the markets back off a little bit from their initial excitement. It is a tale of two surveys. The Establishment Survey is very good, to went 80,000 jobs this is the weather, its over and we are coming back on that but then you look at the household survey, it measures how many people were employed. We lost jobs, 73,000 jobs in the household survey. Which one is correct . 700,000 people or more leave the labor force which drives the on employment rate down. The discouraged workers would feel better about things. We did not see a rise in earnings. Exactly
Facilities. The secretary will meet with the appropriations committee. The house passed a bill looking at the ba secretary, giving him more flexibility at ba facilities. V. A. Facilities. We want to get your reaction in the first 45 minutes. To the actions that took place yesterday and what should be done overall about it. Heres your chance to call and give your thoughts. 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. Ndependents, 202 5853882 a special line for veterans to give their thoughts. 202 5853883 you can post on our facebook page. 50 posts so far. Can email us, too. Joining us on the phone to give us the latest concerning the announcements yesterday and what happens Going Forward is leo shane with the military times. Hes a congressional reporter for that publication. Thanks for joining us. Caller thanks for having me back. Host what has been the reaction on capitol hill to the actions late yesterday . D movement heid not folks on capitol hill. They have been critical
Lets kick it up with what everyone is talking about and what else could be on the first friday of the month . Big upside surprise, 200 88,000 jobs traded last month and the Unemployment Rate drops to 6. 3 , the lowest since september of 2008. Impressive, those are good numbers. The most new jobs added to payrolls since january of 2012. Is that good news . The headline number is good but the details are not quite as good. Thats why we see the markets back off a little bit from their initial excitement. It is a tale of two surveys. The Establishment Survey is very good, to went 80,000 jobs this is the weather, its over and we are coming back on that but then you look at the household survey, it measures how many people were employed. We lost jobs, 73,000 jobs in the household survey. Which one is correct . Or more leave the labor force which drives the on employment rate down. If things were getting that much better, why arent people coming into the labor force . The discouraged workers