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Understood we see the crash having made it worse the growth of the wealthy at the very top having outstripped everything we could have imagined at the same time that now over 60000000 americans have had to file for one or another kind of state or federal Unemployment Compensation assistance this is a system that is still going out of control in terms of extremes of wealth inequality and income inequality and theres nothing on the horizon that suggests that thats going to change and so i think that is becoming a permanent quality of this economy and is a society that used to in the 20th century pretend that it was a vast middle class that capitalism was a tide that lifted all boats i dont think this is politically already a logically sustainable. Peter the same question to you because if we look at the Consumption Patterns of the top 10 percent during the wors ....
Cbos budget. The hearing is expected to begin shortly and youre watching live coverage on cspan3. Good afternoon. Ill call the committee to order. Today the committee will hear testimony from the Congressional Budget Office director phillip swagel. These projections account for the effects of the covid19 pandemic and legislation enacted in response to it and provide a window into the future of our financial state. This is dr. Swagels first time testifying since becoming the 10th director of the office. Unfortunately, the pandemic has delayed us from having him appear before this committee. I would like to thank dr. Swagel for being here and thank the cbo staff for working to provide congress with informed estimates at a time of unprecedented uncertainty and unusual working conditions. Cbos updated budget projections confirmed what we all know, that the economic disruption caused by covid19 and the federal governments ....
The highway, medicare and scattered showe social distance needed funding by 2031. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, ill call this meeting to order. Today the committee will hear testimony from the Congressional Budget Office director, phillip swagel, on cbos updated budget and economic projection. These projections account for the covid19 pandemic and legislation enacted in response to it, and provide a window into the future of our financial state. This is dr. Swagels first time testifying before the Budget Committee since becoming the 10th director of the Congressional Budget Office. Unfortunately, the pandemic has delayed having him appear before this committee. Id like to thank dr. Swagel for being here today and id like to thank the cbo staff for working to provide congress with i ....
A months long travel ban and allows restaurants to reopen as it is as one of latin americas longest coronavirus lockdowns. And the man convicted for overseeing torture for cambodias cmere rouge regime has died. Thanks for joining us its a visit officials in the u. S. State of wisconsin didnt want to happen but President Donald Trump ignored their pleas and went to the city of can osha its been the site of protest since police shot a black man called jacob blake 7 times in the back a week ago and during his trip trying to double down on his law and Order Campaign message as john hendren reports. The rubble is still piled high in the streets of can no ship buildings boarded in tempers flaring President Donald Trumps arrival in this battered city pitted his hardcore supporters against the demonstrators prote ....
Billxt on the presidency, clinton accepts his partys president ial nomination at the 1992 Democratic National convention in new york city. In 55 minutes, george hwb acce and then theation u. S. House of representative representative and house curator use a selection of artifacts to tell the history of africanamericans in congress. [cheers] govenor clinton governor richards. Chairman brown. Mayor dinkins, our great host. [applause] my fellow delegates and my fellow americans. I am so proud of al gore. [applause] he said he came here tonight because he always wanted to do the warmup for elvis. [laughter] well, i ran for president this year for one reason and one reason only. I wanted to come back to this convention and finish that speech i started four years ago. [applause] last night, mario cuomo taught us how a real nominating speech should be given. [cheers] he also made it clear why we have to steer our ship of state on a n ....