Others. Then there is the uber left, tax the rich, and bill de blasio, after 20 years of prosperity and lower crime, de blasio looks to antibusiness, antieducation reform. This is Elizabeth Warren stuff. We need more Rudy Giuliani and bloomberg. All this and much more coming up on the kudlow report beginning right now. Good evening, everyone, im lawrence kudlow, happy new year to everybody. Were here live, first thing we need to do is get you updated on a big winter storm hitting the midwest and heading towards the east coast. And Kevin Tibbles joins us, live from chicago, good evening. Reporter hey, larry, my lips are still moving, but only barely, i have to spit this out for you. There are parts of the midwest where it has been snowing nonstop. Here alone, there are 1300 plows and trucks trying to keep the roads open. So far theyre pretty successful. I have to tell you it is pretty hard to travel, it is chaos, hundreds of flights cancelled at ohare. And as you know, that sort of thin
I want to work with democrats and republicans. My favorite president was the first republican president. This is not a statement about partisanship. This is a statement about america and what we are fighting for. Im not going to let gridlock and inaction and willful indifference and greed threaten the hard work of families like yours. We cant afford to wait for congress. I am moving ahead without them wherever i can. [applause] thats why i required federal contractors to pay 10. 10 an hour. That is why i made sure more women had the protections they need to fight for fair pay in the workplace. [applause] that is why we launched more hightech manufacturing jobs. Some of you may have read that when we take these actions and now republicans are mad at me for taking these actions. They are not doing anything. Now they are mad that i am doing something. Im not sure which of the things i have done are most offensive. Theyve decided theyre going to sue me for doing my job. In the heat of the
Learned with Recreational Marijuana sales, giving a series of passes as well. Onst yes, the tax rate Recreational Marijuana in colorado was more than 30 . Certain cities have different tax rates, but marijuana sold in denver can be taxed upwards of 35 . Contrast that to medical marijuana, which only has the state sales tax thats less than three percent. So the price of Recreational Marijuana versus medical is substantially different, mostly because of the tax rate. Is substantially different, mostly because of the tax rate. It is also a supply and de it is also supply and demand. You have a limited amount of stores, a limited amount of supplies, so youre seeing these dramatic price differences. That is one of the reasons medical marijuana is probably not going away. The price is significantly cheaper. Than 20 to keep your medical registration. If you are a happy user of marijuana, it makes a lot of sense to stay in the medical market. That is why, when you step into one of these dispen
You can make your thoughts known on our social media pages. We had about 400 respondents so far. You can make your thoughts known there. Us atn always email journal cspan. Org. You, many have laws in place to deal with marijuana for medicinal use. It was colorado and Washington State through the amendment process that allowed for the sale of marijuana for Recreational Use. Other states are looking at that as well across the United States. Experience. An polling on a look at this topic, if you look at the Pew Research Center, they put up a poll in april. They asked people if marijuana should be ill legal. That is 54 . Should beng it is illegal is 42 . Look at the trends. Those saying it should be legal, that has risen significantly. The currentus to figures. We will talk with the colorado experience. Maybe your state already has laws or they are considered. Thed you support legalization of Recreational Marijuana . We are divided by region this morning. The east andyou in those of you in
There is some things are complicated. This is not one of them. Lets make sure every for old america has access to highquality preschool. So that moms like rebecca know their kids are getting the best quality care and getting a head start on life. Lets redesign our high schools to make sure their kids are better prepared for the 21st century economy. Lets follow the lead of senator franken. [applause] lets tell every american that lost a job because it was shipped overseas, we will train you for an even better when. [applause] lets rally around the patriotism it says our country is stronger when every american can count on Affordable Health insurance. And medicare. And social security. And women earn equal pay and a family can make ends meet if their kids get sick. When nobody who works fulltime is living in poverty. Let me just wrap up by saying this. I know sometimes things get discouraging. I know that our politics looks her family rogan and washington looks like it is never going to