Welcome to the Heritage Foundation. Im the director for the center for free markets and regulatory reform. The Heritage Foundation. I would ask for those of you in the audience to please make that last little check now of your cell phones, to make sure that they wont interrupt proceedings today. And we will get started right now. The event today is really designed to celebrate the special report called a Government Policies that hurt the poor and how to address them. The United States is a very compassionate country and we have an awful lot of government activities that affect poorer members of our population in one way or the other. We have welfare programs, welfare spending of one kind or another that adds up to well over a trillion dollars tuesdays. That can be in things like health care, direct income supporters of one kind or another. We are not here to talk about those policies today. We want to talk about another set of Government Policies. Those that are put in place offense fo
Process. Protesting with signs along las vegas boulevard outside the Federal Building today. Folks told us last weeks caucus was terribly put together. Saying caucus sites at many schools were crowded. Many precincts were squeezed into classrooms meant for a few dozen people. Some sites we visited had classrooms filled with people and standing room only. Those protesting the Nevada Democratic caucus process today say its good to give the silver state more leverage when selecting president ial candidates. But not at the cost of leaving voters out of the process. Angie Sullivan protes ter were first in the west and i think thats very exciting however if the cost is that you dont get to vote at all then im not sure what first in the west means. its undemocratic for people not to be able o cast their vote for a president ial candiate. protesters say they went to caucus last week. And tell us computer issues, sites kept people from being able to take part. Mauricio Marin we reached out to t
Melissa stocks seeing red. The dow plunging more than 200 points with a mixed bag of economic reports. Leading some to fear that Interest Rates may soon be on the rise. Investors also skiddish following a report that isis is plotting imminent attacks on subways here in the u. S. And in paris. Lets bring in todays panel. Fox business as own Charlie Gasparino. We have dan schaefer also from schaefer asset management. Todd schoenberger of jay striker asset management. Thanks to all three of you joining us. What do you think has the markets on edge today . I think it is Interest Rate fears. One of the fed governors, i forget which one, because of strong dollar. Melissa dudley, right. New york fed president. One of the governors or president of a branch of the fed. Melissa anyway. Because of the strong dollar, inflation will be subdued therefore the fed wont have to raise interest its. That sent the market up. People are looking at strong dollar news as potential for deflation. Where you mi
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