Haj please welcome the Heritage Foundation executive Vice President kim holmes. A nice rainy day outside and everybody is all bunched together to keep warm. Good morning everybody. How is everybody this morning . Governor welcome to the the Heritage Foundation it is a pleasure to have you here. Its a pleasure to welcome governor mike of alaska. And he will be speaking on the budget spending and what alaska can provide the nation as an example. Governor done was elected as governor of alaska 2018 hes had had a very career in alaska since arrival there in 1983 from working in a logging camp and southeast, alaska. To pursuing his dream in an educationer career as a teacher. He has a unique insight into alaskas communities due to his two decades of service there. He also served for five years as an alaska state senator. So he knows alaska literally from coast to coast. And that provides not only a unique perspective on had his state but also what can we from the 48 can learn from alaskas e
Governor Mike Dunleavy of alaska and he will be speaking on the budget spending and what alaska can provide the nation as an example. Governor dunleavy was elected as governor of alaska 2018. Hes had a very very career in alaska since his arrival there in 1983 from working in a logging camp and in Southeast Alaska to pursuing his dream in an Education Career as a teacher. He has a unique insight into alaskas communities thanks to his two decades of service there. He also served five years as an alaskan resident so he knows alaska literally from coasttocoast and that provides not only a unique perspective on his state also what can we from the lower 48 can learn from classes example. As all this at the Heritage Foundation knows, americas Founding Fathers envisioned strong power between the federal and state levels of government. The constitution created a limited federal government and left much of the power of the states and to the people of the United States. But of course what exists
We have followed that policy. And we never said that it was a target, which we would i understand that. I appreciate the kauvcaveats. Youre very good at caveats, i appreciate that. That brings me to my second point. A full six and a half years after the recovery, as you acknowledged there is slack in the labor market and there are significant weaknesses in the labor market, in the overall economy. In fact, a recent investors business daily article said the over all group has been 13. 3 . Thats less than half the average growth rate in the previous ten recoveries since waurld world war 2. If it had been average, gdp would by had 1. 9 trillion larger today. You recognized this in your report saying the measure of labor under utilization remains relative. That would explain why youve invoked that caveat and havent raised the rates even though you came below that 6. 5 . I understand the analysis. Lets talk about the cause of that underlying weakness. Its clearly not Monetary Policy from th
Be militarily defeated without being treated in the homebase and so this fight eventually has to go over the iraqi border not odd. [inaudible] you dont really expect to defeat them . But there are ground forces. [inaudible] we have are the spoken about playing the role and im not suggesting that we have an optimally configured ground force in the region but im equally clear that injecting western boots on the ground would not be the solution. That would not deliver the solution. Try as they may leave lead us on to this. Thank you, mr. Chairman on this point. This analysis is being done with whatever you hope to achieve with airstrikes. And of course we are talking about this in recent years and so what are your plans for this situation . It also remains to be seen as far as a political transition in the regime to a government which has legitimately. [inaudible] at the outcome that we see is not going to be it easy to deliver and we recognize that. In the meantime it is easy to challeng
Jack spencer, vice presiden Vice President for the institute of freedom here at heritage. He oversees research, range of domestic and trade issues. He previously served as director of the Roe Institute for economic studies where he spearheaded our work on initiatives in federal spending, taxes, regulation, energy and environment. He also specialized in Nuclear Energy issues both in domestic and global arenas. Please join me in welcoming jack spencer. [applause] thank you john. Good morning. Welcome to the principles for tax reform, a conversation with the House Freedom caucus. What a great day to be in washington. The sun is shining, the oppressive washington humidity has yet to set in, and im not sure but i think i even heard a bird or two chirping. Its not just a great day to be in washington, its a great time to be in washington. We have a president thats not just threatening to shake things up, and i dont think im stepping on a limb but hes actually shaking some things up. We have