Katherine first, im seeing the same frustration that caused me, my coauthor, and so many others to look around and say what were doing isnt working. And people come at this from any position. So i came to this 10 years ago, first out of the National Debt crisis. Michael porter came to it out of my invitation but also because he has been doing work on Harvard Business school on our economic competitiveness and whether we are a country that can grow jobs and grow income levels. And other people come to it from specific policy angles, which is that every policy organization has begun to come to the communication realization that they may have a fabulous policy idea but he has absolutely zero chance to be successful in congress because the system is dysfunctional. And now people across the board are coming to it because theyre frustrated with the division, with the diff dysfunction, and the lack of progress in washington, d. C. And certainly recently, our two really very troubling tragic e
Susan katherine gehl, in your notebook, you write the american political system has become the cause of our decline in the barrier to address the problems it exists to solve. When you look at america today, what are you seeing . Katherine first, im seeing the same frustration that caused me, my coauthor, and so many others to look around and say what were doing isnt working. And people come at this from any position. So i came to this 10 years ago, first out of the National Debt crisis. Michael porter came to it out of my invitation but also because he was doing work at Harvard Business school on our economic competitiveness and whether we are a country that can grow jobs and grow income levels. And other people come to it from specific policy angles, which is that every policy organization has begun to come to the realization that they may have a fabulous policy idea, but it has absolutely zero chance to be successful in congress because the system is dysfunctional. And now people acr
Disinformation and propaganda, President Trumps rhetorical assault on beijing steps up a gear. The u. S. Senate passes a bill to the last Chinese Companies on european and delist Chinese Companies on european indexes. The bank of england president said get of rates are not being ruled out. Plus, cut to junk. Angela merkel says a decision on the lufthansa bailout should be expected shortly after the German Airline becomes the latest to lose its Investment Grade status on the s p. Take a look at futures this morning. We do see losses in futures. Euro stoxx 50 futures down a little bit more than 1 . 0. 6 6 . Ures falling we see drops on u. S. Futures, as well. S p, and nasdaq futures all down by more than 0. 5 . Anna, the gmm . Anna lets have a look at the gmm. Quite a mixed picture in the Asian Session after some gains in europe and the u. S. Yesterday. Lifted in part by some better corporate reporting in the u. S. We see a little bit of nervousness around geopolitics and the ongoing ten
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Chair mar good morning, everyone. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to the thursday, february 20 meeting of the government audit and oversight committee. I am supervisor gordon mar, the chair of this committee, and im joined by Committee Member supervisor matt haney and supervisor raphael mandelman, who is substituting for supervisor peskin, who are unable to be here. Id like to thank john carroll, our clerk, and sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure you silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Copies of documents and completed speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the board of supervisors february 26 agenda. Chair mar thank you. Mr. Clerk, please call item 1. [agenda item read]. Chair mar this item was continued from the last g. A. O. Meeting on february 6 and is sponsored by supervisor matt haney. Supervisor haney, the floor is yours. Supervisor haney thank you