Good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you all here today. Im peter russo, ademocratdirec personal affairs at thecato institute. This is a capitol Hill Briefing entitled economics of Health Insurance reform. The repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act dominated discussions on the hill in recent weeks and lawmakers are huddling in philadelphia to recourse for the damage done to the Health Market in recent years. When they state they dont have a plan and i suppose im being cheritiable here but democrats say they dont have a political viable one. There is some truth to that as any comprehensive replacement will require support from democrats. If there is a take no prisoners approach continues they will in an act of self fulfillment prevent the plan. But to add to the mix the president promised an outline of his own further complicated the endeavor, bun that might bind and unify existing offerings. Time will tell and we will see. The true libertarian position requires he no
Our issues spotlight looks at Voting Rights and the impact on the 2016 election. We will feature part of the 2013 Supreme Court oral argument. Members of Congress Look at whether to restore the Voting Rights act. Here is what the president ial candidates have to say. Now a lot of places will not have voter identification. You just keep walking in and voting . What is happening is a sweeping effort to disempower and disenfranchise people of of property or young people. A new report by the Cato Institute looks at crime reduction, fiscal policy, and taxes to determine state freedom rankings. This is about one hour. Good afternoon. Me to thisook to capitol Hill Briefing entitled freedom in the 50 states. Peter russo. I want to thank you for showing up here today. I appreciate it. For those of you on twitter who like to get involved were about. The cato events we would love to hear from you. Today marks the publication date of freedom in the 50 states, an index of personal and Economic Free
I will speak to you about something a little less scary than what Julian Sanchez described. The state of u. S. Trade policy is closer to the libertarian model, libertarian ideals than any other public policy. That is not because the government is not encouraging in trade policy or particularly libertarian but government encroaches a lot more and these other spheres of public lives. Were long way from the libertarian ideals in trade policy and that would be free trade. The free flow of goods and services across border without tariffs, quantitative restrictions discriminatory regulations, free flow of investment across borders in and out of the country into any industry and penny and all industries the free flow of labor in and out of the country. The moral case for free trade is compelling and people are entitled to the fruits of their labor, entitled to dispose of their property as they wish. Government interfering in those decisions, trying to tilt the balance by subsidizing domestic
Negotiations are going on right now to get these things passed . Guest what has happened so far is that the senate has pushed for this trade bill and got an advance only with lastminute maneuvering on the Chamber Floor yesterday. You had a band of senators who really want to get the Exportimport Bank passed and that also has a time sensitive deadline at the end of next month. And mcconnell got these senators on board and that bill was advance. Now they are tried to push through today and bunch of amendments and maybe final passage of this trade promotion authority, which would pave the way for future trade pacts by limiting congressional debate that congress will not be able to tinker too much with these major trade deals that are coming down the line. After that, it is going to be this big debate on the nsas bulk collection of telephone metadata. There are two Different Things that are going to go through. There is going to be a vote on the house nsa freedom act. That passed overwhelm
This week on press pass, sudans lost boys, orphaned by civil war. They traveled hundreds of miles on foot to find safety. They later found a chance for a new life in the United States. Its the subject of a gripping if you movie called the good lie. Hitting theaters on october 3rd. Joining us today, former musician and activist. Margaret nagel, emmy nominated screen writer for this film. Corey stall who is in the movie and known in d. C. These days for his portrayal of peter russo in house of cards. Margaret, give us the synopsis of who the lost boys are and what brought you to them to make a movie about them. Its 3,600 children refugees of war, of the civil war in sudan, were brought out of the refugee camps in kenya and they were brought to the United States in groups, in pods. They had walked thousands of miles through the subsaharan safety looking for safety. I was brought on the project 11 years ago. Its taken 11 years to get to where this film is able to be released. How did you d