Tax exempt status. Our phone lines you can also join in on facebook and social media. You can also email us at journal cspan. Org. Lets take a look at the headlines from the super bowl cities. Post denver and this from the Seattle Times from the Richmond Times dispatch you login to espn. Com, there is a story about the tax exempt status for the nfl. Tom coburn has proposed an amendment to the marketplace fairness act that would end the nfls exemption from Tax Exemption. Before you start comparing the nfl to the american red cross, it is important to know why it is a taxexempt organization. It is classified as a trade or that is organization under the 501 c six code. Angus king spoke about why he wanted to change this. [video clip] this is ridiculous on the first place. It is an organization designed brand. Ote a particular i love going to games, i love watching the games. After this bill i may have to go to nfl games under the witness protection program. This isnt about the teams. They
Ever done before endured for nothing. The idea that complexity is free is a game changer. What we see members on this hundreds, if not for a complex, really formulated 50 pages of spreadsheets, ridiculous calculations, crazy like staff, all coming in, all for free. We offered nothing other than the opportunity to participate in free change. In complex issues and make your own mark said that because youre a legacy. And its crazy what is coming to rest. Im not kidding when i say literally thousands of really come like a different does come in different ideas than all of that will change the world of investing financing truly dollars. The whole concept of its all about the benjamins. The future of money is that we used a few of too complex. Nobody understands money in this country. Very few people understand what the Exchange Rate is. When it gets down to it now, that is the reason we focus on moving this to a Younger Generation because rather than waiting until you are 50, 60, 70, 40 and
Marketplace for all. Thank you very much. [applause] we have microphones if you want to raise your hands. We will bring a microphone to you. Thanks for your remarks. Said that the ultimate objective on a bipartisan basis performance high quality marketplace. Word, do you that think that where we are headed is a marketplace where health plans, an exchange a largerat includes share of the population so that the risk pool is larger, the morecan be spread and there is more to giveion among plans us more incentive for quality and cost control. If that is true, noting that the act only takes us so far in that direction, the next step . That is a great question. Could you hear the question in the back . Good. Ok. Time, in the interest of i havent collaborated on my i all field metaphor but this gives me an opportunity to talk about it. What the Affordable Care act us to be on the football field for the first way at a meaningful about the 30 yard line. I think we have got 70 yards to go to rea
Know we will hear from the white house chief of staff Denis Mcdonough who will apologize for the problems with healthcare. Gov. He says the website is functioning better since the october one launch. He spoke at Georgetown University. Former also hear from democratic senator, tom daschle. [applause] , it is nice to see all of you this morning on a wonderful morning to talk about a very important subject about this country. Is achair keith cherokee chief indian once said, timing is everything. Right now. Implementation of the Affordable Care act, opportunities and challenges. We have an Excellent Program today. We have two terrific speakers. We have Denis Mcdonough and tom daschle. We also have a panel that will be moderated with a number of distinguished people on the panel. That will be the day. We will have an opportunity for some questions and answers along the road. That introduced the chief of staff of the white house, Denis Mcdonough. It is one said and they assume the northern g
The u. N. And Syrian Opposition will continue to talk, but theyve been talking about that for years and nothing has changed. The Syrian Government led by assad clearly thinks that it can continue to attack in any way it wants to, other than those chemical weapons it has now given up. The hope from the u. S. Is hey look, were finally getting the two sides on the same table, maybe, just maybe these talks can begin to lead to small localized peace deals or humanitarian corridors into syria. Youre just back from a refugee camp in turkey. Thats the other big part of the story, 2. 5 million syrians have fled the country, 6 million displaced inside syria. Lebanon, jordan, receiving these refugees are completely overwhelmed and you are seeing really just heartbreaking stories when you go to these camps. Its absolutely heart breakerring. Just to give you a sense of how bad the war is in syria, before we get to the camps, one of out of every three homes in syria have either been damaged or destr