Congressional staffers on proposals to address the debt and deficit. Okay. Thank you, ken. And i want to thank everyone for actually coming back after lunch. Its still pretty full and i wasnt sure that was i going toe the case but i guess with the starstudded panel its really what everyone was rating for and why you all spent the whole morning here last night i went to sleep, i was thinking this event is set up perfectly, the sequencing of the panel first the director women will give us the percentage of gdp in which it becomes guns available. There will come in and tell us that night is falling for the last it is in order, the economy will collapse and this cannot both will in the afternoon and saved america and eventually have statues all around the country. The panels for those of you who did not quite go where i laid out and assume we are here to talk about how to raise taxes in the subpanel about policy not politics policy does not operate in a vacuum, its a political something of
New york city who is helping us to h great and educated guide fr teachers speeded you canan finih watching this if you go to our website at cspan. Org. We will live there to take your life to a conference on federal spending and debt. Current debt, which is around 100 of gdp is at a level we havent seen since world war ii and is a growing cause of concern. Tackling this problem presents a variety of challenges. Today were fortunate to have a group of very smart and accomplished people who are going to share their insights. Well get to hear a variety of perspectives. To do this, we have a mix of panels, discussions and speakers. Well hear about the economic and fiscal challenges caused by the debt. The impact of debt on invests and consumers, the roles played by Social Security. Approaches for analysting fiscal policies and finally a discussion of potential policy options. And a number of dimensions of the debt challenge. For our first panel we have two distinguished speakers, arguably
Look at we look at our schools and education, at our communities, at the environment. So talk will focus on that. I will ask a series of questions and then each speaker will, after answering the questions, youll have an opportunity to ask questions of them. But first, let me begin by introducing our speakers. Begin with. Emily rapp of propofol, whos here on my left, Emily Raboteau writes at the intersection of social and Environmental Justice, race, Climate Change and parenthood. Her most recent work is lessons for survival. Mother ring against the apocalypse, a memoir on race, climate and Environmental Justice. Her previous books are searching for zion, the winner of an american book award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright legacy award and the cult classic novel, the professors daughter. She is a contributing editor at orion magazine and a regular contributor to the new york review of books, where apatows essays have appeared and been anthologized in the new yorker, the New York T
On the impact of Race Technology and the media and how they all and impact the way we look at we look at our schools and education at our communities, at environment. So our talk will focus on that. I will ask a series of questions and then each speaker will after answering the questions youll have an opportunity to ask questions of them. But first, let me begin by introducing our speakers. Begin with with emily rapp of whos here on my left Emily Raboteau. All right, at the intersection, social and Environmental Justice, Climate Change and her most recent work is lessons for survival. Mother against the apocalypse a memoir on race, climate and Environmental Justice. Her previous books are searching for zion the winner of an american book award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright legacy award and the cult novel the professors daughter. She is a contributing editor at orion magazine and, a regular contributor to the new york review books. Apatows essays have appeared and been anthologi
Environment. So our talk will focus on that. I will ask a series of questions and then each speaker will after answering the questions youll have an opportunity to ask questions of them. But first, let me begin by introducing our speakers. Begin with with emily rapp of whos here on my left Emily Raboteau. All right, at the intersection, social and Environmental Justice, Climate Change and her most recent work is lessons for survival. Mother against the apocalypse a memoir on race, climate and Environmental Justice. Her previous books are searching for zion the winner of an american book award and a finalist for the Hurston Wright legacy award and the cult novel the professors daughter. She is a contributing editor at orion magazine and, a regular contributor to the new york review books. Apatows essays have appeared and been anthologized in the new yorker, the New York Times, new york magazine, the nation best American Science writing. Thats American Travel writing. Elsewhere, her dist