Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. So lets start with the idea of your book 1 billion americans try to get more people in here . 670 Million People. And then sometimes have a Bad Reputation and how clean it was good. And then to be provocative and i thought to thought experiment like chinas competition we just cannot grow as fast. But we can have more people we spend money to keep them out and we dont have as many children as they say we want to have. We occurred provide childcare so why not . When i do it . Limited to say thats too many people like is hong kong to be crammed in like sardines. Is that true . With one americans the population would be about half. Yeah america is empty with a lot of amber waves of grain. [laughter] is just really big and stuff is historically odd 330 million in canada they are 25 million we make policy choices mature. Our career to get a lot of people to. It is very deliberate you look at the George Washington administration, there is a l
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Formed bidenharris ticket, and the role of women in 2020. Professor jennifer lawless joins us to discuss the evolution of women in electoral politics. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. 14, 2020. Ay, august yesterday, the Labor Department announced thousands of americans filed new jobless claims. It is the first time weekly jobless claims have fallen below one million since march. This morning, we are spending our first hour talking directly to those whose jobs have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn. Give us a call. 202 are unemployed, 7488000. If you have had your work hours reduced, 202 7488001. If you have recently returned to work, 202 7488002. Text,n also send us a 202 7488003. Please include your name and where you are from. A very good friday morning to you. Go ahead and start calling in now as we give you more context to the weekly jobless numbers that were announced yesterday, this courtesy of u. S. Todays front page of their money sec
Weaknesses might be . Guest i think the biggest weakness would be in terms of her record as attorney general, it is possible that the Trump Administration might suggest that she was too tough on crime which is ironic. It is something the democrats will have to at least be able to manipulate because they want to make sure that people of color and people who are very excited about the black lives Matter Movement dont find this as a distraction. Basically her record in the senate and the way she has spoken about her record should quell those concerns. Host who did this big bring to the polls who was not going to come to the polls before this pick . Speaking, vicey president ial picks do not matter as much in terms of the outcome of the election. She brings a level of enthusiasm that people might not have felt about joe biden. Joe biden is up in the polls and it is likely he will win the election because democrats and independents do not want donald trump to have another four years. What K