Dot a big show joining the conversation pain Capitol Management is with us and Mitch Rochelle in editorial page ed tore James Freeman great to see everybody this morning. Thank you so much for joining souse so we have a market following bouncing ball of china President Trump, of course, addressed the Economic Club yesterday a event that i attended futures are down this morning but president was talking about china trade negotiations talking about Strong Economy heres a bit of that. Unploim is recently achieved lowest rate in 51 year. Africanamerican unemployment hispanic and Asian American unemployment have all reached lowest rates in history. Nearly 7 Million People have been lifted off very importantly food stamps, 7 Million People off food stamps. Since my election the s p 500 is up over 45 president obama the dow jones is up over 50 . And the nasdaq is up 60 . Their supply chains are cracking very badly. And they are dying to make the deal. Were ones that are deciding whether or no
An independent voice and is someone willing to strike out on issues that may be other opinions are not willing to strike out on. Guest sometimes i think im a lonely voice. If you believe in balanced budget or believe we should spend less or have a limited Constitutional Government really controversial things like that, limited Constitutional Government, unfortunately we never get the other side but then we lose a lot on our side that are better at it. That is one of my frustrations and i tried very hard to have the same opinion whether republican or democrat president that that constitution was specific. Spending power was ours. Things we should keep our hands on and the power to declare war is ours and i think we too easily give that up in one interesting thing that i found can appear is that democrats are better when its a revolving in president and democrats but when the parties are the same they tend to acquiesce a little bit on the idea of separation of powers. Host in this book y
Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the National League of cities. My name is clarence anthony. Im the ceo and executive director of the National League of cities. Its a pleasure to have you in what we call city hall away from your city, town or village in america. The National League of cities is an organization that represents 19,000 city, towns and for being here because were releasing the 34th annual city fiscal conditions report. Each person in this room is here for a reason. Youre interested in what is happening in cities all over america. Perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the fiscal nature of the data on our communities. You really want to hear about the pressures city leaders face every day in balancing their budget, dealing with issues, the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues. Or you just want to make sure that youre in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates
Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon everyone, welcome to the National League both cities, its a pleasure to have you and what we call city hall away from your city, town or village in america. The National League of cities is an organization that represents 19,000 city, towns and for being here because were releasing the 34th annual city fiscal conditions report. Each person in this room is here for a reason. Youre interested in what is happening in cities all over america. Perhaps you enjoy digging into data and understanding the fiscal nature of the data on our communities. You really want to hear about the pressures city leaders face every day in balancing their budget, dealing with issues, the various policy issues and the federal impact on those issues. Or you just want to make sure that youre in the right place at the right time dealing with and learning about what america will be dealing with as it relates to the fiscal impact of our economy. For all of these reasons at its
Thank you everybody for coming. Please continue to enjoy your lunch. Im tim carney, im a visiting fellow here at the American Enterprise institute as well as being a the commentary ted tor at the Washington Examiner. Were here to talk about health care. But i want to ask a specific question about health care. And its a question that some people on the Free Enterprise side, the free market conservative or libertiarian side dont always ask. Kui, bono in latin, or who benefits. I think sometimes people on the right or right of center are uncomfortable with that question in policy debates because they say why should it matter who benefits . Because we see Elizabeth Warren will say a tax cut is bad because rich people benefit. But i think its actually a very important thing to talk about. One, it definitely influences our debates. If you remember in the 2008 campaign and the passage of obamacare, barack obama certainly thought it was very important to point out that he was battling, you kno