Ofh economically in terms the money that they are spending, the debt they are incurring that is bankrupting the country, but also in terms of the destruction of our liberty. I haver the years, mulled over the thought of having a conference. Many of these it many of you know we have written a lot on. He kennedy assassination staff about three years ago, i started mulling over a conference like this and i thought, if i could bring together the speakers that have had a big impact on me and my intellectual development, it would be so exciting. Finally, we decided we are going to do it. So we put this thing together, and this because i invited that you will be hearing today, everybody said yes. And i was so pleasantly surprised and excited because everyone of these people that are speaking today has been heroes to me. Inir work is been heroic terms of what we are going to be examining today. And so, it is exciting to be putting this program together, and i want to thank you for coming. We a
The American Conservative Union hosted this multiday conference. Here is author amitys shlays on her book, the author of the Great Depression. Yesterday right here at cpac, President Trump promised that the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. The forgotten men s, said the president , is the heart of this new movement. And this is not the first time President Trump referred to the forgotten men, right . As early as Election Night in his acceptance speech the president mentioned a forgotten man in his inaugural address, President Trump promised the forgotten man, everybody is listening to you now. So President Trump has made the forgotten man his hero, mascot, his meme, right . So im here to talk about who precisely the forgotten man is. In fact in the United States two forgotten men figure in our history and they are not on the same side. Its conflict. Its kind of two forgotten men at odds in a wrestling match of forgotten men. Which man the president cho
Graphic addition is now three weeks of the top of the amazon list in the New York Times list for graphic books. Amity shlaes is chair of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation based at the birthplace of president coolidge in vermont. The forgotten man graphic addition. The only graphic edition of her best seller. She also came and spoke at our reading festival. She is also the author of coolidge would debuted at number three on the New York Times bestseller list. She writes a column for forbes, teaches at Nyu Stern School of business and has served for over the years as a columnist of the Financial Times and for its and believe she is also a fellow with their Sister Library that george w. Bush president ial center down in dallas. Everyone, please welcome amity shlaes. [applause] i am going to push this back. Can you hear me . Okay. If you cannot hear me or there is something wrong with the audio, stop me. I am so happy to be here today. I will ask mr. Clarke to give me that put tow. A
[applause] wed take you to right now, president obama will give an update on the situation in missouri. Erguson, ive been following closely. Our Ongoing Operations in iraq, and the situation in ferguson, missouri. With respect to iraq, we continue to see important progress across different parts of our strategy to support Iraqi Government and combat a threat from the terrorist group isil. First, our military operations are effectively protecting our personnel in iraq. They have successfully pushed back the terrorists. Meanwhile, we have provided arms and assistance to iraqi forces, it including the kurdish fighters on the front lines. Today, with our support to my the iraqi and Kurdish Forces took a major step forward by recapturing the largest dam in iraq near the city of mosul. It fell under terrorist control earlier month and is vital to our objective of protecting americans in iraq. If that dam was breached to make could have proven catastrophic with floods that wouldve threatened
1860s and 1970s, he was busy with highway 5, 99. He had worked all the time except for when it rained. But he knew as son as soon as the sun was out, he would be working. He was not making a whole lot as a laborer. He had about a sixthgrade education and he got paid about 14 per hour with benefits stable enough for nine months that he could take care of us. As i said, i got to go to college because of that. How many Road Construction workers do you know could send their kids to Stanford University . Thats the difficulty. We have to get to the point where we honor the middle class. We look at them for what they are, the jewel. It is the largest segment of america. If we make them feel like they can afford to get that clothes washer, Interest Rates will go up and thats ok because i can afford to get the car now that i need. Thats what keeps the economy going. I agree with you in that sense. In terms of how you handle the banks, i want to be a little realistic. Im not happy with the big b