Policy. We are live this morning in montgomery, alabama for the next up on the cspan bus 50 capitals with the Alabama Senate president pro tem. He will discuss key issues in his state. Host good morning, everyone. We will begin with your thoughts on the economy. President trump during his first date of the union has said since his election 2. 4 million new jobs have been created, wages are rising, deregulation is spurring growth, and the tax cuts mean more money in american pockets. We want to know, are you seeing a difference . Does President Trump deserve the credit . If you make the low 50,000,. Ial in at 202 7488000 if you make between 50,000 and. 100,000, dial 202 7488001 if your income is over 100,000, 202 7488002. Asn us on twitter, as well cspan on facebook. The president counting the economy on tuesday. [video clip] since thetrump election, we have created 2. 4 million new jobs. [applause] trump including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. Tremendous number. [applause] p
Security financing and policy options. Thank you for being here with us today. Wanted to start by just getting a show of hands and how many people in this room think they will get at least a penny from Social Security . All right, probably two thirds, three quarters. There is a gallup poll that came out a year or two ago that asked all working age americans that question and 51 of them said they did not think they would see a penny from Social Security. You can interpret that several different ways, but i think its pretty shocking to see how little faith people have when planning for their own retirement, how much they will get. Whether they actually believe that or it was more symbolizing their lack of faith or mistrust in the political system is up for question, but it was pretty shocking that it was that high a figure and i think that really brings us to the discussion we had today in looking at Social Securitys longterm sustainability and the financing structure and how we do make
Them, but in the u. S. System we do not then take some of that knowledge that we acquire from intelligence purposes and turn it to the private sector and say, this is what you will have to compete against. We dont do that. That is the way in some nations, though, and we raise this with the chinese saying, this is totally unacceptable. Youve seen the actions i mentioned with the iranians. We indicated, we publicly acknowledge the activity. We publicly attributed the activity to a particular nation, in this case the north koreans. We talked about, we will take an initial response to this in the form of an economic piece. We put sanctions against individuals and a couple particular entities, portions of the korean government. We highlighted to them publicly, this is an initial step. If this does not change your behavior and we see continued actions directed against the United States, we are prepared to take additional action at the time and place of our choosing. That seemed to have had a
Twoparty system doesnt mean we have to be in perpetual conflict. I think i have shown that to be true at critical times in the past. I hope the president gives me the chance to show it again. Republicans added to the majority in the house and will have their biggest advantage since the late 1940s. Republicans may president obama the issue, forcing democrats to run away from him. The white house is distancing itself from democrats who lost saying it is the quality of the candidates that determines whether they are successful. President obama has invited leaders from both parties to meet with him on friday. Paul ryan says republicans are willing to work with the president up to a point. I think we should work with him on bills that move our principles in the right direction. Yes, if there are certain issues we see so opposite on, and we should define ourselves with our actions by passing bills that he may very well detailed. Republicans also won governor races in battleground states and
90 cents of every dollar. Idaho still has to come up with 10 cents out of every dollar spent, and has to pay for the cost of administering the program. Its a cost idaho simple cannot afford. The answer is not throw money at a model that is broken. The answer is create a new model, and theres one working in the state of washington. You pay a provider privately and combine that with a wrap around catastrophic model, and its cheaper and it works better, and you get to see your doctor 24 7 if you want it. Doctors are happier. And it works beautifully. Patients are happy. Doctors are happy. Its more Cost Effective and does not involve adding additional financial burden to idaho by expanding medicare. Working on that proposal should be in the next legislative session. I look forward to that bill being presented because i would sign it into law. All right, because of the coin toss, we have twominute closing remarks, and you start and you conclude. Thank you. Ladies and gentleman, thank you fo