Healthcare while at the same time again reducing costs. That task force and its finding will be discussed at the february meeting in washington. Governors are taking a variety of different leads on this issue. His entire state of the state address to the issue of drug abuse including the abuse of Prescription Drugs and how it leads to more serious concerns about heroin addiction. If you have not read his state of the state, i would advise you to do so. Its remarkable. This nations infrastructure provides the skeletal structure that connects us to one another. We talk about infrastructure but you only think about highways, transit systems that connect people and places. Infrastructure is more than surface transportation. It includes utility systems that connects us to power and water, schools, public buildings that connect us to opportunity and participation. A states emerge from the economic downturn, its critical we work with our partners to rebuild and invest in roads, rail, bridges,
Unemployment level not the sort of tag line unemployment level for what was lost to individuals throughout, and relative to the bailouts and the subsidies that have been given since, and doddfrank came along and did nothing remotely like dissecting speculation from depositors and traditional banking activities. A look at the relationships between 1600 pennsylvania avenue and wall street tonight at 10 eastern and sunday night at 9ben after words, part of booktv this weekend online. Next, New York University Professor William easterly talks about the failure of the United Nations and other organizations to reduce poverty since world war ii. It is from the Rand Corporation in santa monica, california. [ applause ] thank you so much for that warm inductitroduction. It is great to be here with you. I am going to talk about something that has unconsciously and indirectly led to a tyranny of experts. Lets call it an approach to Economic Development. The idea that poverty is a set of technical
Sentences that acknowledge that it has created job opportunities, enabled City Residents to utilize a greater supply than provided by the taxi industry alone and easier entry into jobs for the taxicab industry, more flexibility and better pay. Better pay, more flexibility, easier entry jobs, and more supply. So did you analyze the specifics of any of those . Like, how many more jobs, how much more flexible, what the pay differential is or what the differential for experience for past for riders is . Was that analyzed at all . We did not look into that . Why not . We were asked to provide a profile of the regulation of both industries and identify potential risks and or costs to the city. Did supervisor mar ask you to look at the benefits of tncs beyond two sentences . Yeah. We were asked to, you know, look broadly at the benefits and the costs. Okay. Because i see im not trying to be critical. I have Great Respect for your office, but theres a lot of pages and pages that seem to be, yo
Or pointing out aspects that maybe need some work, which we all agree. We all agree the insurance needs work, other aspects need work, but it would seem that there are benefits as well, and that that would probably deserve some analysis. A lot of people have jobs now. I mean, i know people in my district who are, you know, having trouble making their rent and they drive for one of these companies and theyre able to make rent because of that. I know people who have given up their cars because of this so they no longer need a parking space because for the first time theyre actually able to rely and before they didnt think they could get a cab, but now they can get something where theres a cab or tnc. I think in looking at this issue, i think its important to look at both sides, the challenges and the improvements they need to make, and the benefits to the community and workers as well. Just on that question, there are more than two sentences about the benefits so we do have details in th
Thanks for being with us. These social democrats and france have pledged to lower taxes. That is in reaction to the political earthquake as frances Prime Minister termed it. Marine le pen scored a victory in elections to the European Parliament. Eurosceptics and radical parties gained ground. A one 1 5 of all seats in parliament. That is not enough to threaten the proeu majority. Francois hollande says that the eu has become incomprehensible and it should scale back. Talking to our correspondent in paris about that. First, this report. Resounding victory for france Wash National run. They have officially entered the mainstream. Populist Leader Marine Le Pen cast herself as the voice of the protectr of french voters. The day after the election, she repeated her battle cry to change europe. We want to create in the European Parliament a common front to defend the people and the nations against european technocracy. They received one quarter of the french vote. It was a huge lead over pre