Is secular it does not mean it is bereft of theology or education of belief or conscience but its inclusive of. Other thanks for joining us this is r. T. International. The us house has started debating the donald trump impeachment article sponsor the landmark vote expected later today the president himself has accused the democratic leadership of pressuring Party Members to vote a certain way and there have been plenty of sound bites coming from the house floor already. This is a moment that you will read about in your history books he sought to elevate himself as a dictator a king but we are not him arent monarchy we are the United States of america i want my daughter to be able to tell her children grandma did the right thing because in america no one is above the law now one of the democrat witnesses not one was able to establish that the president committed bribery treason or high crimes and misdemeanors tench taken Office Nearly 3 years ago President Trump has consistently and in
That should be the basic ingredients of tax reform. First it should be fair to taxpayers of this country. The tax bill enacted two years ago was certainly not fair. It failed in that test. As i pointed out, who benefited . Well, large corporations benefited dramatically by this bill, but they said look, well pass it on to the workers. But did they pass it on to the workers . In 2018, 1. 1 trillion were used to repurchase stock to make the wealthiest even wealthier and did not go to the benefit of the workers. It benefited the greatest on the personal income tax side to the highest income taxpayers. They are the ones who benefited the most. It was not fair to middleclass taxpayers. Secondly, a tax reform bill should be fiscally responsible. After all, we have taxes in order to raise revenue, in order to pay for services so we dont borrow from the future for our children and grandchildren to pay for what were doing today. The administration said that this would be a fiscally responsible
Debate. And this is obviously a law and policy conference. I think well discuss a little more law than we have discussed in other panels and hopefully a little policy as well. So the broad team we picked for this panel, which i think we have detected has been true tore a lot of immigration stuff, since at least this president took over, is that some very important issues have been sort of getting shuttled among three branches of the government. These are you could say these are every each branch of the government is sort of hitting, putting the can in the other persons lap and hoping the can will stop there somewhere. Many of these cans havent stopped. This is our chance to see where the cans are and where they will finally land. So ill begin this by asking questions of our panelists more in a conversational style so we could get to many topics, than sort of one issue only for a long time. So let me start with cecil lia because she represents the aclu which many people regard has been
And various communities, including Alameda County, san ramon, and Silicon Valley, talking to those trying to do something about hunger. And when we examine the situation in Alameda County, we find that one in five residents experience or are at risk of hunger. In fact, about 119,000 are considered food insecure, and an addition 130,000 are marginally food secure. Addressing the need is a daunting task, and that is taken on by the Alameda County Community Food bank. Joining us to talk about whats being done and what needs to be done are director Michael Altfest and outreach associate roy chim. Welcome to the show. Michael altfest thank you for having us. Robert you know, you hear that kind of term, food insecure, and things like that. Give us an idea in terms of what that means. Michael its quite simple. So, when were talking about somebody thats food insecure, theyre literally answering questions like, i do not have enough food to feed my children today. So, these are people who are st
A conference we will discuss a little more that we discussed in other panels and hopefully a little policy as well. So the broad team with it for this panel which it think weve detected has been true for a lot of immigration stuff since at least this president took over is its a very important issues have been sort of getting shuttled among three branches of the government. In one way were saying you could say each branch of the government is sort of putting they cant any of the persons lapin hoping they can will stop there somewhere. Many of these cans have stopped. This is our job to see where they cans are and where they will finally land. So ill begin this by asking questions of our panelists, more in a conversational style so that we could get too many topics than sort of one issue only for a long time. So let me start with cecilia, because she represents the aclu which many people regard has been the president s thorne side more than any other organization. Organization. Last cou