Podium. I had a few problems and would rather not test myself. Thank you for coming tonight. In thinking about the problem of liberalism, i have to start with the simple problem most people, including most people who think they studied the subject have a very weak idea of the history of liberalism whether it is on the left or the right, there is an idea is that you started with progressivism, moved on started with progressivism, proceeded to the new deal and went on to the Great Society and it was a continuous flow. The trouble is it is simply not true. Most progressive did not become new dealers. Very few republican progressives, progressivism was a bipartisan movement. Republican and Democratic Party. Very few republican progressives became new dealers. Not surprisingly enough, among the democratic progressives, the group most likely to become new dealers were social workers, and they saw what they wanted, what they hoped for in the new deal. Part of the reason for this was world war
outlook to downgrading our credit, and interest rates will rise even higher. it will cost trillions of dollars more. this course is unsustainable. that is not an opinion. that is a mathematical certainty. if we continue down the current path, we are walking right into the most preventable prices in our nation s history. the question is, how do we avoid it? the answer is pretty simple. we need to make responsible choices today so our children do not have to make really painful choices tomorrow. if we look at what is driving our debt, the explosive growth and spending is a result of health care costs spiralling out of control. by the time my children are raising their families of their own, literally every dollar we reason revenue will be paying for three major entitlement programs. some of this is demographic. every day 10,000 baby boomers retire and start collecting medicare and social security. a lot of it is simply due to the fact that health care costs are rising faster th
platform for job creation and investment. there are some real problems that we need to solve. i am going to push to move forward as quickly as we can because i think it is critical for world leadership in this area. thank you. i yelled back. think you, mr. upton. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for five minutes. thank you very much. the first broadband plan was the 1996 telecom act. that, of course, actually resulted in broadband being regulated under title two. from 1996 until august 2005, broadband was under title two, just for the record. during that time, we got a lot of policies that were implemented, consumer protection, universal service, protecting consumer privacy, interconnected and competition provisions, access for individuals with disabilities, consumer billing protection. what was also possible under title two? the fcc could [inaudible] if it wanted to. the availed themselves of that car right until august 2005 for everett thought it was nec