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We would like to present our junior group performance. How the tragedy of polio and the triumph of public accountability. Changed how america reacts to Infectious Disease. Infectious disease has caused death and suffering. Changing the course of human history. These casualties were real people. With real dreesms real families. And real lives. According to a historian, the death toll was 10 million. The roman leader calmly responded to the second century outbreak. Using his personal resources to keep panic from the streets. When you arrive in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive. To breathe. To think. To enjoy. To love. The bubonic plague. Unlike the romans, the sufferers of the bubonic plague lacked a strong leader to regulate panic. It has been reappropriated into a symbol of pop culture, including the plague doctor. A highly recognizable symbol of fear. And even references such as montsy python. Bring out the dead im not dead yet smallpox. Dating back to the third
Thank you for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this awhile. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we were in this fractured state after the 2016 election, will democrats and republicans be able to Work Together on anything, people said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things built, sees himself as a builder. We were supposed to get something. We havent gotten something yet, and well, policy always proves more complicated in practice than in promise. And thats the complexity of this, why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody that follows stuff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. Senior fellow, contributing editor and columnist at new york post. Nick lawyer is of heritage foundation, focuses on energy, environment, regulatory issues. A Deputy Director of the thomas rowe institute for Economic Policy studies. Finally,
Thank you all for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this for a while. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we are in the fractured state after the 2016 election, democrats and republicans, will they be able to work on anything . People said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things build. He sees himself as a builder. So, we were supposed to get something. We have not gotten something yet. Policy proves more complicated in practice than in promise. That is the complexity of this. That is why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody who follows staff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. She is a senior fellow at the manhattan then we have nick of the heritage foundation. He is an economist. He is a Deputy Director of the thomas road to toot for Economic Policy studies. And finally we have Heritage Action tim chapman. He is
America we should all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy. And something that weve been thinking a lot about lately is actually the root of our name. Demos is the greek word for the people which is the root word of democracy. And right now in this country it feels like figuring out who exactly belongs in our demos and the people of our nation is this nations highest calling. Brian i woke up on december the 10th, 2016, picked up the New York Times, in their opinion section saw the headline, im prejudiced, he said, then we kept talking. And i want to show you the video because it started here at cspan some time before that and then ask you to explain the whole thing. Yes. Good morning. I was hoping that your guest can help me change my mind about some things. Im a white male and i am prejudiced. And the reason it is is something i wasnt taught but its kind of something that i learned. When i open up the papers, i get very discouraged at what young black