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If you can see i cannot do anything about the space. Theres some room on the floor. Feel free to make yourself comfortable. This is our session on public intellectuals, and i am delighted to be here for this panel. I apologize ahead of time if i have a little less energy than usual. My appendix did not quite make it to the new year so i am just recovering from surgery. This has been a big debate, ongoing debate about public intellectuals in the academy. There was an article by Nicholas Kristof which triggered a conversation. He wrote an article professors we need you are cope he argued that many people in the academy have in some ways render themselves irrelevant for various reasons using languages fall of jargon or revocation or not asking questions that were relevant to the public, and in some ways fostered a disconnect with the public that is unnecessary and is also unfortunate. He did not say this was true of all intellectua ....
To reagan, one of his watchwords was, peace through strength. He presided over an enormous buildup in defense spending. The current trajectory of defense spending is down to below 3 of gdp. Which is going to be as low as it was back in before 1941. Would you support a significant increase from current levels in the Defense Budget and do away with the sequester . I absolutely support the concept of peace through strength. I think the most important thing the federal government spends money on is National Defense. You cant rely on state governments. You cant rely on corporations. You have to have a National Defense. Priorities,at National Defense is the number one priority. Looking at dollars spent, i always say a priority. With regards to the sequester, the las ....
Congress. That is followed by paul ryan on u. S. Tax policy. He is the incoming chair of the tax committee. The Washington Post reported today that president obama will nominate Ashton Carter to be the next secretary of defense, succeeding chuck hagel. Mr. Ashton carter is a trained as a deputyo served secretary of defense from october, 2011 to december, 2013. The announcement could come as early as this week. Jeh johnson reportedly removed himself from consideration for the defense position. Secretary johnson testified today about president obamas immigration order that would delay the deportation of undocumented workers with citizen children who have been in the u. S. For more than five years. Hours. Mittee is two [gavel] the committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committees meeting today to hear tes ....
Herman it expansion on section 179 and other longerterm extensions and the president blew it up so we will do a clean one year deal. Does that, kate your task next year . Yes we will have more work to do but this has more uncertainty. One question on that part of the president s objection is the income tax not being extended here which is some thing you talked about and supported. Even if youre unhappy with him on this point you take the point on income tax credit . I do intend taking up the issue on reforming income tax credit i put up a lot of put up a plan on a lot of issues surrounding poverty and i think it needs to be improved and there is some issue that needs to be addressed but those were stimulus parts of the tax code which if you recall the pitch arry summers and other made, deal. In that atmosphere what is our honest assessment of the chances for good tax reform really taking shape. It will not be for a lack of trying. We think it is fundamentally the key cornerstone for fa ....