Thank you so very much for coming. My name is Arthur Milikh. Im the executive director of the Claremont Institute center for the american way of life here in washington, dc. The right has gone through, lets say, three phases over the past ten years. First, it was laughter at the left, laughing, thinking that this or that policy, this or that outrage can be solved just with laughter that steadily turned in to a kind of hopelessness. One saw how pervasive everything was that . We were laughing at, and the hopelessness led to a kind of dejection that has only been rehabilitated. And i think that thats what everybody this room shares, which is a new a renewed a new seriousness that i havent seen in my lifetime. Im about engaging in politics, in a way that isnt just about marketing and advertising, but is about owning the that were partly here to discuss to celebrate is a book that was put together by a lot of writers, some of whom are in this audience that maps out the rights errors over t
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so very much for coming. My name is Arthur Milikh. Im the executive director of the Claremont Institute center for the american way of life here in washington, dc. The right has gone through, lets say, three phases over the past ten years. First, it was laughter at the left, laughing, thinking that this or that policy, this or that outrage can be solved just with laughter that steadily turned in to a kind of hopelessness. One saw how pervasive everything was that . We were laughing at, and the hopelessness led to a kind of dejection that has only been rehabilitated. And i think that thats what everybody this room shares, which is a new a renewed a new seriousness that i havent seen in my lifetime. Im about engaging in politics, in a way that isnt just about marketing and advertising, but is about owning the that were partly here to discuss to celebrate is a book that was put together by a lot of writers, some of whom are in this audience that maps ou
For the american way of life here in washington, dc. The right has gone through, lets say, three phases over the past ten years. First, it was laughter at the left, laughing, thinking that this or that policy, this or that outrage can be solved just with laughter that steadily turned in to a kind of hopelessness. One saw how pervasive everything was that . We were laughing at, and the hopelessness led to a kind of dejection that has only been rehabilitated. And i think that thats what ■ everybody this room shares, which is a new a renewed a new seriousness that i havent seen in my lifetime. Im about engaging in politics, ■in a way that isnt just about marketing and advertising, but is about owning the that were partly here to discuss to celebrate is a book that was put together by a lot of writers, some of whom are in this audience that maps out the rights errors over the last Generation Point by point issue by issue the right is not good in many ways at doing autopsies on itself,
The Senate Committee on health, education, labor and pensions will come to order. Let me get to the point of this hearing. Today in our country, over 60 about where people are living paycheck to paycheck. And millions are working for starvation wages. Unbelievably, despite an explosion in technology and huge increases worker productivity, the average American Worker is making 50 a week less then he or she made 50 years ago after adjusting for inflation. Unless we change the nature of the way our economy works, it is all too likely that our Younger Generation will have a lower standard of living then their parents. What this means in reality is that workers throughout our country are struggling to pay for housing, struggling to pay for health care, and prescription drugs, struggling to put food on the table. Struggling to pay off their student debts and to deal with other basic sensitize of life basic necessities of life. And while that is the reality for the working class of this count
Whats the question . Im gonna tie it in here. Name one policy because you already brought him up already every morning. Name one policy that thank you all very much for your patients. Its an important vote that we had to cast. We are now gonna begin the second panel and we are delighted to have an excellent panel. Which will include maggie carter, jason saxton, sharon block, bradley byrne, rachel kristol. Our first witness is maggie carter. Miss carter begin working at starbucks parttime four years ago. To get Health Benefits and pay while attending university of tennessee. Her story knoxville, tennessee, was the first our bookstore in the south to unionize. Since then, miss carter has helped workers of numerous other stories organized. Im delighted to have you here to talk about her experience. Miss carter. Thanks for being with us. Turn the mic on thank you so much, mister chairman. My name is maggie carter. Im a single mom to a beautiful eightyearold boy named colson. Being his mom