We talk a lot about infrastructure on this show. So let me just remind you of what the state of americas infrastructure is. If you got a grade it would be a dplus. Im talking about our roads our bridges, rare ways, communications and more. Collectively they get nothing more than a dplus. This report card was put out in 2013 by the American Society of civil engineers. Arguebly they may have a dog in this hunt, but not only are we not doing enough to modernize our public infrastructure, were barely maintaining what we have now. President obama has spent years calling for a publicprivate Infrastructure Bank that could jump start financing on big projects. The idea would be to attract billions of dollars in investment from the private sector to Fund Infrastructure fixes and upgrades in return investors would receive guarantees from the federal government that could serve to attract more private investors into public projects. That idea has gone nowhere and its going nowhere now that we hav
At least 13 or 14 cities over 15year period that you can take a look at as one of the models thats doing an incredible job of connecting Law Enforcement young people in a role where theyre still Police Officers but their role very much different than what it would normally be, helping create broader relationships. It is called the ok program. Yes, sir . Clear up Something Real quickly. Not a word has been mentioned about the Civil Rights Division of doj. I spent 39 years in the fbi. I ran the fbis civil rights program. This criminal section of the Civil Rights Division will look at every single case that comes up that meets certain basic requirements such as in ferguson or the rodney king case. People are rioting based on the presumption that justice has not been served. It is not over yet. People have to understand that. And my question to the leaders of these communities, have there been coalitions of leaderships whether it is ferguson, cincinnati or wherever to dispel the mispercept
Has been 30 years of work on individuals and how we sometimes make mistakes so we might make investment errors and we might make errors in our choice of consumer products. We might make errors in what we are scared about what we are not scared of. Theres also been a burgeoning bit of research that hasnt been pulled together on how groups either aggravate or reduce the problems of individuals. That actually is a huge improvement over the idea of groupthink which is kind have been a popular conscious now. Groupthink means that groups often suppress the individual ideas and creativity of their members and that is a real problem. But to figure out what actually lies behind groupthink, what are the specifics that make it happen, thats something where we really have made a lot of progress in the last decades in the book tries to figure out for ways that groupthink so to speak happens in firms and families and governments and religious organizations and labor unions and student organizations
Be better. On failure theres been about 30 years of work on individuals of how we sometimes make mistakes so we might make investment errors, we might make tears in her choice of consumer products. We might make errors in what were scared of and what we are not scared of. Theres also been a burgeoning bit of research that has been really pulled together on how groups either aggravate or reduce the problems of individuals. That is a huge improvement over the idea of groupthink which is the popular consciousness do. Groupthink means that groups often suppress the individual ideas and creativity of their members. That is a real problem. But to figure out what actually lies behind groupthink one of the specifics that make it happen, thats something where we really have made a lot of progress in the last decades. The book tries to figure out for ways that groupthink so to speak actually happens in firms and families, in governments and religious organizations and labor unions and student or
It is us simple truth. When the middle class succeeds, america succeeds. Our recognition of that truth benefits action orchestrating recovery and the focus on purchasing power of working families the economy needs today. We must see better paychecks, infrastructure it innovation and manufacture more products in the United States. Only by laying a Firm Foundation for growth which the president talked about in his state of the Union Address, based on Ambitious Goals for our future can we secure and maintain a vibrant middle class. Only by focusing on working families can we reignite the American Dream and step into a new era of american prosperity. Thank you for the opportunity. [applause] i want to say we apologize for the state of that microphone but it was a set up to show you are no allowed no obstacles to your voice this morning. To ask you about the impact on the middle class, one of the most Important News stories in the country right now. I referred to Pete Carrolls decision to c