The country protested this week to raise the minimum wage. Theyre looking for 15 an hour. Should the minimum wage be increased . Call us and tell you what you think on the democratic line, 202 5853880. The republican line at 202 5853881. Independent line at 202 5853882. A special line we set up this morning for minimumwage workers 3. 202 585388 you can also join the conversation on social media. Or send us an email. Our first guest this morning is steve jamison, a reporter for the huffington post. Good morning to you. Caller good morning. Of these were at one fast food worker protests in South Carolina earlier this week. Tell us what you saw and what it was all about. Caller i went to charleston, South Carolina. This was about workers who were demanding 15 an hour. Its a living wage. And union recognition. I followed about two dozen workers. Many of whom were declaring oneday strikes. Others had the day off and joined the protest and they took part in civil disobedience. They protested
Others at boric. We also have barbara comstock, kathryn miller, the founder at table 81 and janet rodriguez, currently head of internal communications asked and a former white house correspondent. Differing opinions, differing perspectives, differing backgrounds, but the Common Thread that may be is the most important for all of you is sign institute fellows. I am so appreciative of you joining us again. You are so wellliked and respected, it is great to have you with us today. We are at the precipice of another midterm election. 82 days out. We had in the senate, 14 democratic seats, 21 republican. 32 of the 34 seats were up in 2016. It is amazing how this is the class of the senate we are looking at and what will be the control of that narrow margin. The u. S. House is going to be a big topic of conversation today as all seats are up and several of them are targeted. The primaries have pushed what kind of election we are looking at in terms of Gubernatorial Races. In the state legisl
Comstock, bill kristol and pundits Catherine Miller and Janet Rodriguez. This is hosted by the sign institute. It is about one hour and 15 minutes. I am honored and so thrilled to be joined by some of our great collaborators we have had. Today, joining us is bill kristol who is a political analyst and founder of the weekly standard. We also have with us barbara comstock. And Janet Rodriguez who is the head of internal communications and a former white house correspondent. Differing opinions and perspectives, the Common Thread that i think is merely the most important for all of you is science to develop. I am so appreciative of you joining us again. You are so wellliked and respected on campus. It is great to have you with us today. We are at the precipice of another midterm election. We have 14 democratic seats up, 21 seats that are republican that are a. 32 of the three proceeds were up in 2016. It is amazing how this is the class of the senate we are looking at and what will be the
Currently head of internal communications asked and a former white house correspondent. Differing opinions, differing perspectives, differing backgrounds, but the Common Thread that may be is the most important for all of you is sign institute fellows. I am so appreciative of you joining us again. You are so wellliked and respected, it is great to have you with us today. We are at the precipice of another midterm election. 82 days out. We had in the senate, 14 democratic seats, 21 republican. 32 of the 34 seats were up in 2016. It is amazing how this is the class of the senate we are looking at and what will be the control of that narrow margin. The u. S. House is going to be a big topic of conversation today as all seats are up and several of them are targeted. The primaries have pushed what kind of election we are looking at in terms of Gubernatorial Races. In the state legislatures, if you can believe, eth chambers in 46 states are up. All of these individuals voting soon to determi
Right now the incentive for agency is to add more staff and chase down more dollars and spend as much as you can at the end of the year. You mentioned spending caps. Sequestration caps and other caps hit at every single program. There are some programs that run more efficiently than others but a cap like sequestration hits all of them with an equal amount of fury. If eui gave the agency the authority to cut 20 from their budget there is very little oversight of which programs they will cut and they will keep the ones they like best and cut those that probably i like the best. Talk through different options you have seen for incentivizing agencies for reduction. I list 15 reasons why the Public Sector will never be as efficient as the private sector. The profit motive in the private sector is usually powerful and the government doesnt have that. Theres been lots of talk for payforperformance in the federal government for decades but it never happens and i dont think it can. The governme