That would be a substitute for nuclear testing. They have not allowed us to go there. In the agreement, it says very little except there will be a separate arrangement tween the iaea and iran on park in. There is a lot of negotiation left to discuss. The iran issues may shift a bit in a good direction. As you all know what we think of those capabilities and intentions, at least on a softer human side of covering iran, there are now at least some relationships. We have now been able to establish some kind of human contact with at least some of the key players in iran. We are not getting anywhere close to the leader and we dont really know what happens in the inner sanctions in iran but at least now there are channels that will be aggressive relief after so many decades where we were following iran remotely and new we could follow large movements of military forces but we really felt very handicap at not knowing enough of the internal politics. We all know this agreement was negotiated b
That to make sure we get what we need to the people. I want everybody to know that we are in this for the long run. We know that once the water recedes, that is when the work really begins d we will be at it until we finish. Members of the texas congressional delegation spoke to reporters about the response to Hurricane Harvey. Ted cruz and john cornyn, among 20 texas congressional members who voted against four aid for victims for hurricane sandy, were asked about aid for texas victims. The 20 minute briefing was held in austin. Obviously we have been traveling with the president today. First in Corpus Christi and here in austin at the Emergency Operations center. I think all of us have expressed our gratitude to the president and his cabinet for leaning in on the terrible disaster that has hit the state of texas. We know that even as the sun comes out in austin, there are parts of the state where flooding continues, the loss of life continues. We need to keep that forefront in our mi
Of criticism for targeting these programs that provide billions of dollars in federal funding for Public School programs. At the se time, he proposed a investment in School Choice, which is the next spansion the expansion of Charter Schools and private schools, even choice among private Public Schools. Some of the programs targeted that stirred up a lot of controversy included more than 2 billion for teacher training and classroom reduction. It is a Popular Program. Studies about this program have showed mixed results. It is on the chopping block for the Top Administration and trumpicans in Progress Administration and republicans in congress. Congressman like reblican lou barletta, who supported President Trump saying this is a bad idea. You cannot cut these funds for afterschool programs. In general, republicans have shown a hesitancy to fund to back some of these cuts. Earlier this year we saw a republican senator tell education secretary diverse that that hist devos budget is hard t
Im andrew biggs. And todays session is titled what can irs data tell us about retirement income. I can imagine a bgrade thriller movie that the tag line said what if everything you knew were wrong. This is a slightly modified version. The tag line might be, what if many of the things you know were wrong and what if many of those were about refirement incomes . Its not something quite as thrilling but something thats actually very, very important. And i think the fact is that much of what we think we know about retirement incomes, the statistics that drive Government Policies regarding Social Security and retirement plans may in fact be wrong. We think we know what retirees incomes are, what their poverty rates are, how dependent they are on Social Security benefits and how much they receive from private retirement plans. Ki pu i can pull some of those statistics from my hid. The poverty rate. Those statistics that i know, based on the data currently ice used. Some of the statistics are
The American Enterprise institute in washington, d. C. They looked at irs and Social Security data to determine how Many Americans will be ready for retirement. This is two hours. Thank you very much for coming today. I think well get started. Welcome to all the American Enterprise institute. Im andrew biggs. And todays session is titled what can irs data tell us about retirement income. I can imagine a bgrade thriller movie that the tag line said what if everything you knew were wrong. This is a slightly modified version. The tag line might be, what if many of the things you know were wrong and what if many of those were about refirement incomes . Its not something quite as thrilling but something thats actually very, very important. And i think the fact is that much of what we think we know about retirement incomes, the statistics that drive Government Policies regarding Social Security and retirement plans may in fact be wrong. We think we know what retirees incomes are, what their