Were in a really bad cyclee right now thanks to orange hitler. And so they come and go. So, i mean, i feel, yes, theres more diversity. Were brown people are creeping into more establishment places like in hollywood, but and politics but its really, really slow. Im just happy i made it this long to see at least one of the good cycles come up. But i think its got to improve down the road because, yeah, people got to deal. I remember this Marine Recruit that got let go from the marines when he was spotted on the at a trump rally, screaming, and almost hitting a young black moster, black protester, and im not a militaristic guy, and i thought good job marines. That was good, sane work decision right there. That guy, that kid was not fit to protect his what would be his diverse fellow soldiers. If we can find another young man better qualified, im sure it would be kind of easy, but someone that is not ready toy play with the rest of us. So, thats the reality now. We are diverse and we we k
Bear market so we are flirting with the bear market as did china today. Today orporate story it happened in france, it lt, thed with renau french carmaker. Aslier, they fell as much 23 . Thats the most since 1999. Offices were raided by government investigators as to part of the probe into vehicle admissions. Took the auto parts index with it. Almost half of those losses but the fear is we have another vw scandal on our hands. Betty as if we werent uncertain enough. Now here is another Troubling Development in the Auto Industry. Of your broader to one favorite topics, the bank of england. When are they going to hike Interest Rates . No one was expecting them to do it today. Mark how to make the bank of england meeting sexy. That is my aim. Today, he is citing outside risks to domestic costs and he says the recent depreciation in inflationmight push above target. Prospect of a lower drag on inflation, but the takeaway was this the confer,m outlook as we we have to say it is looking unli
There are a lot of consumer choices, but that means we need to have an antitrust approach and making sure they are not engaged in anticompetitive activities. We want to make certain that the fcc releases all of their information in a timely manner. If we are going to go through an entire process of fcc reforms, we think the agency should be more transparent and focus on what they are doing with a spectrum and licensing. That is their core mission. We do not want them getting into Net Neutrality and trying to have government of the internet. Privacyt want them in and Data Security issues. Those go to the ftc. It is time to narrow their focus and get them back to their core mission. The Telecommunications Issues members of congress are considering in this session, monday on cspan 2. Prime ministers questions will not be seen tonight. Members are in recess and will return to the house of commons tomorrow. Argan gelman and a team of journalists recently won a pullet surprise for their repo
That is where tim always challenges me as well. Go back to the section in the law that has the benefit requirements. You have to have a hospital, dr. , lap, Prescription Drug benefit. Drugan have a prescription benefit with a threshold adoptable. You can have a hospital benefit that pays 70 of the first 30 days and 100 of the next period of time. It is not that you were going to take benefits away. You are going to do different copays and Different Things with what can be delivered on those. You can restrict certain drugs that generics are available. There is flexibility in how you provide those benefits. Employers provide 70 actuarial benefits, but they do it efficiently for a lower cost. A number of variables in the way you package benefits. Is a get me wrong this zerosum game. You take something away when you do that. But i think the difference is Healthy People want Different Things than six people than sick people. Everybody wants catastrophic insurance but i want Different Things
There are dreamers demanding it did return to the country. The issue of what has really happened with border and Immigration Enforcement is really the single most important topic, and we are really pleased to have with us three experts from across the political spectrum, people who are well regarded by people on all sides, independent thinkers who have done a lot of work. There are no newbies here. We have a lot of new data. Dhs has not always been the most transparent institution. They have put out new data that has helped give a brandnew window into many of the issues we have been talking about to give us a fresh perspective and a new look at old topics. Any of you who worked on this issue knows mark well. He has been a longtime thinker and leader in this arena. Next week they are publishing what will probably become the definitive take on this. Mark is going to preview a little bit of that but not all. He has to save some for next week. Mark is going to lead us off. Ted has been wor