Israel by hezbollah, irans proxy. In the west bank, the idf has arrested 63 hamas operatives. In syria, a drone attack on an oil facility housing american troops and a nearby u. S. Base. There is now fighting on three fronts. Back home an emotional peach by democrat congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. She says bidens support for israel is, quote, your genocide. The president clearly leads a divided party. He addresses the nation at 8 p. M. Tonight. To the markets. Now, here is the number to watch. The yield on the 10year treasury, closing in on 5 . Right now were at 4. 93. The 2year treasury moving to 5. 25 , youre actually at 5. 21 right now. Stock investors do not like these the rising yields. As for the dow industrials, going to open fractionally higher, s p up 8, nasdaq may be gaining 60 points. Some green there. Heres another important9 number, the price of oil. War in the mideast has pushed it close to 90 a barrel, 87. 38 at the moment. Thats an inflation threat. But gas, uhoh, continue
If employers can design their own curriculum then workers will know just what skills they need. Third, we need common sense criminal justice reform. We need to give people the opportunity to earn a Second Chance in this country. Luckily, my colleagues have done a lot of good work on this front. Senator mike lee, congressman Raul Labrador and bobby scott introduced a very good piece of reform of the sentencing guidelines, would give the jumps more discretion with lowrisk, nonviolent offenses. They dont have to give the maybes sentence everytime. Theres no reason to lock anyone up longer than necessary and we also have to tackle this recidivism. About half of our excons are reincarcerated win three years of release. Think about that. But we know there are programs that work. That get people out of the life of crime. Thats why congressman jason and bobby scott introduced the Public Safety enhancement act. As long as they complete a program with a proven track record. Heres the point. Nonv
Thank you. Id like to join my colleagues. Its critically important that we have a dialogue that goes beyond money. For the past 40 years, the antipoverty expenditures, 15 trillion, 70 cents of every dollar spent on poor people goes not to the poor, but those who serve poor people. These professional providers ask which problems are fund bl. So we have created a commodity out of poor people where there are perverse incentives for maintaining people in poverty. We wonder why it expands. And so its important for us to recognize that this control has to change. But in addressing poverty, its important that we tend to make the mistake of generalizing about poor people. Not everybody is poor for the same reason. I identify four categories of pure people. Poor people. The first category are people just broke. [laughter] they lost their job or a breadwinner died or theres a temporary illness. But the persons character is in place, and for them they use welfare and assistance the way it was int
A new report on terrorism threats, and the department of homeland security. House Budget Committee chairman paul ryan at the Enterprise Institute today. It would consolidate poverty programs and give states flexibility in how those funds are spent. After congressman ryans remarks, policy analysts discussed his proposal. This is an hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im going to ask you to take your seats. But theres standing room only. Im delighted to see that. Im arthur brooks. Im honored to welcome you today, and to welcome the chairman of the house Budget Committee, congressman paul ryan here to aei. Congressman ryan has spoken here many times. Hes a friend of aeis, and were delighted to see his continuing willingness to tackle the important and difficult issues that many others are not willing to confront. Today hes here to talk about an issue thats near and dear to my heart. And those of my colleagues here at aei, expanding opportunity in america. Hes particularly focused on
Catholic charities, or Community Groups unique to your neighborhood. These groups would work with people one on one and provide a personalized aid through case management. Think of it this way, right now, youve got to go to a bunch of different offices to enroll in a bunch of different programs, each with all their different rules. Under the opportunity grant, you could go to one office, and you could work with one partnership for all of your needs. That person would give you Financial Assistance and also act as a personal resource. Maybe youre struggling with an addiction. You need counseling. Maybe you come from a broken family. And you need a network of support. The point is, you would Work Together to get you from where you are, to where you want to be. Lets take one example. Lets call her andrea. Shes 24. She has two kids. Theyre 2 and 4 years old. Her husband left the family six months ago. She doesnt know how to contact him. Andrea graduated from high school, but her only Work E