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Generously, joe manchin in the senate has consistently that hes worried that the $3.5 trillion package may be creating an entitlement society. there is too much being given to people for free. do you think the idea of giving people affordable health care and access to childcare, is that going to make people entitled? will people start imaginally having more babies because they think the government will take care of them? >> absolutely not. and i think manchin can be reasoned with. the ohio state...

To use this word �*crisis�* "in connection to climate change, �*cause to most people, "this is something thats happening in slow motion." of course, in planetary time, its very real and immediate, but to most people, they wake up in the morning and their lives are not immediately affected every single day by the changing climate. how do you make sure, here in kew, that people understand the urgency of the reality? tim is right. this is a really key challenge, this sense of urgency and the ...

Change, �*cause to most people, "this is something thats happening in slow motion." of course, in planetary time, its very real and immediate, but to most people, they wake up in the morning and their lives are not immediately affected every single day by the changing climate. how do you make sure, here in kew, that people understand the urgency of the reality? tim is right. this is a really key challenge, this sense of urgency and the impact its having on people here. and, of course, "here" i...

And, of course, "here" is an affluent, temperate country. but even here, people are affected. look at the extraordinary rainfall patterns weve had in london just in the last month or two. more widely, look at the fires in greece or australia, look at the climate drought and the extreme temperatures in canada. so, it is starting to impinge on people, even in affluent, temperate communities. how do we influence people? we tell powerful stories. we explain the consequences. for example, its strikin...

And, of course, "here" is an affluent, temperate country. but even here, people are affected. look at the extraordinary rainfall patterns weve had in london just in the last month or two. more widely, look at the fires in greece or australia, look at the climate drought and the extreme temperatures in canada. so, it is starting to impinge on people, even in affluent, temperate communities. how do we influence people? we tell powerful stories. we explain the consequences. for example, its strikin...

It may not be the warmest one, maybe not as warm as the one in june when he came in and very elegantly sort of sauntered in, spoke fluent french, name-checked french television shows. hes still a passionate fan of french national football. i think the french felt extra betrayed when they learned from a media leak about their submarine deal with australia had fallen apart and was going to be replaced by a deal between australia and the united states. the up side administration officials say is th...

>> what do you think, victor? >> thats a bizarre economic idea, theory that because you pay for something as you go, therefore it doesnt cost anything. its like if you bought a car and you paid cash, the car was free. but that represents hours of your labor that you have invested and you didnt fix your roof or didnt do other things. it always cost things. where do you get the money? youre saying to the small business person, were going to raise your estate tax if you die or the small farm, were ...

Its not that, its $5.5 trillion -- and its not paid for based on the joint committee on taxation, only $2 trillion is raised in revenue. these are vast entitlements that transform the united states, its the end of the american dream. there is universal by basic income in here, a child tax credit that would go on forever, goes to the affluent. there are other elements in here that change the foundation of the way we work and live. the american dream is about striving and moving up and working har...

Decisions, these decisions are political choices. it happens at the same time as the government has delivered quite expensive income tax cuts that are predominantly gone to more affluent households. theres been a redistribution from poor families with children to more affluent households. i think energy prices are a big part of it but weve got to look at housing and weve got to look at housing and weve got to look at financial support for low—paid parents to. lets look at those gas firms. in t...

Need a good reason and some say when that promise was made, they also promised to fix social care scotland care. there is a concern about who this is going to hit. there is a concern that the lower paid younger workers will be hit hard, because it is a tax that you pay up to a certain age, up to your sort of state pension age. there is a worry that younger people will be hit hardest at the cost of elderly people, some of maybe may be more affluent. one of the things that a number of tory mps hav...