Comin going up in the past year, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you saw your Health Care Costs going down, please call us at 202 7488001. If your health care stayed the same, but you have an opinion on this topic anyway, we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003. We are always reading on social media, on twitter, and on facebook. Basic Background Information out of the way. Cnbc had a great article earlier this month on the Health Care Costs in the u. S. And how they are increasing. Let me read a little bit of background from that article. It says, the average American Household spent almost 5,000 per person on health care last year. 1 increase from the roughly 2500 per person that americans spent 34 years ago in 1984 according to an analysis of the bureau of labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure survey. Comparisons,ate clever adjusted all dollar amounts for inflation. It is not surprising that Health Care Costs have risen
Host good morning it is monday, may 13. Whether it is the College Campus protest over israel and god also her preparation and protest of National Conventions. Protests are the spotlight. We are asking you if you ever participated in a protest and what issue were you rallying for . Phone lines are split by age if you are under 25 202 7488000, if you are over 65 202 7488002. You can send us a text at 202 7488003 or catch up on social media at x at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. First some numbers from the Gallup Organization. The Gallup Organization pulling on this topic in the last time they did it was an in the wake of the dobbs abortion decision. Gallup first pulled back in 1965 with just 10 of americans said they felt the urge to organize a public demonstration. Speaking of the 1960s parallels between College Product test protest of today and 1960s. 1960s advocates see parallels to protest today. Some said they see themselves in todays protesters while others drew a sta
Host a recent wall street journal headline. Trump used a 1996 law to overturn obamaera regulations and biden aides hope to stop the republican from doing it again if he wins. The 1996 law that the wall street journal is referring to there is the Congressional Review Act. What is it . Why do we have it . Guest so the Congressional Review Act was enacted in 1996 as a way for congress to retain oversight of federal regulation and so its kind of an ex pabssive expansive law. It can cover any regulation, the broadest definition of regulation that we have, under the administrative procedure act. And so when regulations are disapproved using the c. R. A. , agencies are barred from reissuing them in a substantially similar format and the regulation is taken off the books immediately. Host maybe we should start with what are regulations . Guest absolutely. Host and who promulgates regulations and what is that process . Guest so regulations effect your everyday life. Its making sure the bacon yo
Cheer as the cryptocurrency heads to a bigger wall street stage. Hello from sydney where it is just past 9 00 a. M. Im haidi lun. We are in our out from the open of asias first major market. Kathleen im Kathleen Hays. Sometimes we say monday night, sunday morning in the u. S. A quiet recap. Between Bitcoin Futures getting ready to launch and the tax plan on friday, i think we have got to wait to see how much this does not just rock the u. S. Economy, how much it rocks asian markets as well. Haidi absolutely. With the comments, marco rubio throwing a stunner into the works and getting more pessimistic about tax reform. All of that seems to have changed. We could get the crucial vote before christmas. As you say, bitcoin mania again making headlines yet again. The thing to remind ourselves of is that this could be a much bigger deal given that there are expected to be much more players involved. Kathleen the cme is a much bigger stage. If we look at the cbd launch as a curtain raise, a p
China out prices in in half an hour. 4898, it tells you what has been going on since 2006. The white line indicates firsttier city performance. We have had this massive runup in june 2015. Ever since, we have seen this fall back. It has been muted for secondtier and third tear cities. We have early data from china real estate showing a sharp rebound in tier one cities and tier three cities. Is the result of strict controls during the october Party Congress unwinding, so the possibility of a turnaround. All will be revealed after xi jinping said houses are for living in, not for speculation. The lastding day of week in this part of the world, singapore, taiwan, and malaysia kicking things off. Sophie the countdown to christmas, risk on for markets with the u. S. Tax bill passage looking likely. We have the Malaysian Ringgit and the won leading declines against the dollar, and the yen looking to test 113. We have u. S. Key Economic Data deck this week. Shares mostly climbing. The kospi l