The men of the uss yorktown were on the front lines. They knew better than anyone in washington the sacrifice necessary to protect liberty. They did not talk about strength and courage. They lived it. They did not seek war but with a they were there when called to fight. I believe that the men and women protecting our liberty deserve leaders who are accountable to the american people. The crew of the uss yorktown understood that our freedom and prosperity must be defended against those who would attack us. They learned the terrible lesson that war is not a game and should not be used for political advantage. Too many lawmakers in washington have not learned that lesson. In 1964, Ronald Reagan warned of the dangers, the dangers of seating our freedom to a little intellectual elite and a far distant capital who think they can plan our lives for us better than we can for ourselves. Freedom nurtured our country from a Rebellious Group of colonies into the worlds , greatest nation. When tie
This special edition of the willis report, a users guide to obamacare. Live from washington d. C. , heres gerri willis. Gerri welcome to washington. Today the federal government launches a chilean dollar and tennant Spending Program called obamacare in a daring in the middle of a new budget crisis. The shutdown of the federal government. Only in our Nations Capital with such an unworkable contradiction become a reality. I am sure your effort about the shutdown of a long. It will be shortlived. An agreement will be reached. Our main focus tonight and the one that will have the biggest impact on your wallet is obamacare, our goal is to help you navigate this law and now it will affect you and your left ones. Lots of questions, even as obamacare goes full steam ahead in our government assures us, hey, everything will be okay. Who is going to get federal subsidies for coverage and how much money will they get . Why dont we know what the deductibles are . The ultimate question, of course, w
Tonight on the willis report. Health care and the Government Shutdown. Big questions remain. Gerri live from washington dc, here is gerri willis. Gerri welcome to washington, the federal government is watching a trillion dollar entitlement Spending Program called obamacare. They are doing it in the middle of a new budget crisis and the shutdown of the federal government our goal is to help you navigate obamacare and how will affect you and your loved ones. Lots of questions even though obamacare is going full steam ahead. Everything is going to be okay. And how much money will they get . When we know what the deductibles are . The ultimate question is will this whole thing work or will it break the bank with more, Douglas Holtz eakin and a former cbo director and jon barrasso. Welcome to you both. Starting with the glitches, a map of the states that have glitches. There is almost no state that on this map. What happened . They were not ready and its hard to believe that after 2. 5 year
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Right now the incentive for agency is to add more staff and chase down more dollars and spend as much as you can at the end of the year. You mentioned spending caps. Sequestration caps and other caps hit at every single program. There are some programs that run more efficiently than others but a cap like sequestration hits all of them with an equal amount of fury. If eui gave the agency the authority to cut 20 from their budget there is very little oversight of which programs they will cut and they will keep the ones they like best and cut those that probably i like the best. Talk through different options you have seen for incentivizing agencies for reduction. I list 15 reasons why the Public Sector will never be as efficient as the private sector. The profit motive in the private sector is usually powerful and the government doesnt have that. Theres been lots of talk for payforperformance in the federal government for decades but it never happens and i dont think it can. The governme