After Words
After Words With Ellen Malcolm
Book Discussion on Lessons in Censorship
Book Discussion on The Human Cost of Welfare
2016 Annapolis Book Festival : CSPAN2 : April 16, 2016 10:00am-4:01pm EDT
partners, over the next 60 minutes we'll explore the history of the city and state with local authors including a look at what's nobody as the black belt -- known as the black belt. >> the black belt is really unique in the state of alabama. it's definitely different from anywhere else and, you know, anybody in alabama will tell you that, and anybody in the black belt will tell you that. it's become tt
2016 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books : CSPAN2 : April 10, 2016 6:00am-7:01am EDT
. when that will happen, in in my study, i do not know. >> sir, questions for rita. use stated there are packets threat europe of anti-semitic feelings for the year. the nazis enabled the locals to collaborate and bring out their monster under the terrible atrocities. as you have reviewed all of the records and done your research in the countries in eastern europe, what is your observation today of anti-semitic feelings and is there something we should be worrying about with reports of a lot of radical, right-wing government activities unfolding in government question. >> absolutely. i i also want to say to, anti-semitism is not the only for that we are facing. certainly if you are connecting with the goings on in eastern and western europe, it is frightening. the exodus of exodus of the jewish population from those countries now. it is frightening that low population left in eastern europe because of the nationalism and the anti-semitism, which boded ill for the jews who left but also for the disenfranchised. it is very, very scary. it is a recapitulation of something to some degree
. when that will happen, in in my study, i do not know. >> sir, questions for rita. use stated there are packets threat europe of anti-semitic feelings for the year. the nazis enabled the locals to collaborate and bring out their monster under the terrible atrocities. as you have reviewed all of the records and done your research in the countries in eastern europe, what is your observation today of anti-semitic feelings and is there something we should be worrying about with reports of a...
After Words : CSPAN2 : April 10, 2016 12:00pm-1:00pm EDT
of the fraud division, they discovered a lot of the campaigns in the state and local elections were in fact paying people for their vote. >> host: and this is 2004? this is after bush beat gore? >> guest: right after bush beat gore. and in fact, he was telling me and i looked in the documents and saw the transcript there where he went by the house of this old black woman, who is probably 90 now, and told her there is a vote buy going on. and she said what are you talking? and he said do you vote? and she said yeah, this preacher picks us up, takes us to the polls and tells us who to vote for. we go in and he tells us to talk a particular clerk and tells us we need help. we come out and they put us back in the car and they drive us to the daiquiri shop. in louisiana they have drive-in daiquiri shops and he gives us pork chops and a drink and drives us home and gives us $5 a piece and said i have been doing this since i was a little girl. i didn't know it was illegal. she said these politicians don't do a thing for you but at least you get $5 for a pork shop sandwich. so i thought $5
of the fraud division, they discovered a lot of the campaigns in the state and local elections were in fact paying people for their vote. >> host: and this is 2004? this is after bush beat gore? >> guest: right after bush beat gore. and in fact, he was telling me and i looked in the documents and saw the transcript there where he went by the house of this old black woman, who is probably 90 now, and told her there is a vote buy going on. and she said what are you talking? and he...
After Words : CSPAN2 : April 2, 2016 10:00pm-11:01pm EDT
they discovered one a lot to the campaign in the state and local election were in fact the pain people for their boat. >> host: so this is 2004? speak. >> guest: this was 2004. >> host: so after bush v gore. >> guest: yes. so i looked at the documents and the he went by the house of this old black woman, she's probably 99 and told her that he had heard there is some vote to buying going on. he said well, do you votes and she said yes. this preacher comes by here and picks us all up in the car and he takes us down to the polls. he gives us a piece of paper and tells us who to vote for with numbers on it in louisiana. we go in and he tells us to talk to a particular clerk and their and tell her we need some help with voting. so we go when and we both these numbers. we come out and we go back in the car and drive us over to a shop in louisiana. and he buys us a pork chop sandwich and a drink. he drives us us home and gives us $5 apiece. she said i've been doing this since i was a girl. i did not know it was illegal. she said these politicians don't do a thing for you. they say they
they discovered one a lot to the campaign in the state and local election were in fact the pain people for their boat. >> host: so this is 2004? speak. >> guest: this was 2004. >> host: so after bush v gore. >> guest: yes. so i looked at the documents and the he went by the house of this old black woman, she's probably 99 and told her that he had heard there is some vote to buying going on. he said well, do you votes and she said yes. this preacher comes by here and...
After Words : CSPAN2 : April 3, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm EDT
congressional, senate or even state and local level? >> guest: great question to you real differences in the state. i think it has to do with in some ways the size of legislatures. my california senate district has 1 million people in it. the state of alaska has two senators and 600,000 people. so get back to there are very few spots open. i think there are ways we can change actually our legislatures come increase the number and get more women in. but there are things that parties can do on a voluntary level. in california, for example, islet as a very democratic state and the state democratic party is quite powerful when it decides who to endorse and not to endorse. in many countries that have quotas they start as voluntary adopted by parties. the parties can make a commitment to a general diversity and use the little power that they have to increase women's representation. and i think there's a problem with women not running but in many ways people say there's an efficient at or women are not linking. i think women are rational actors in the a look at the very low odds and the high ex
congressional, senate or even state and local level? >> guest: great question to you real differences in the state. i think it has to do with in some ways the size of legislatures. my california senate district has 1 million people in it. the state of alaska has two senators and 600,000 people. so get back to there are very few spots open. i think there are ways we can change actually our legislatures come increase the number and get more women in. but there are things that parties can...
After Words : CSPAN2 : April 3, 2016 9:00pm-10:01pm EDT
campaigns in the state and local elections were paying people for their votes. >> host: this is 2004? >> guest: 2007 right after bush verses al gore. in fact, i did look in the documents where he went by the house of the old black woman in louisiana and told her there is someone buying votes and she said i vote a preacher comes by here in texas up in his car and takes us to the polls and tells us to to vote for on a piece of paper it tells us to talk to a particular person instead we need some help it evoked these numbers and we put that back in the car and they drive us over to the shop there was a drive-in in day by s.a. pork chops in which to drink then drive the selfie and gives us $5 apiece and i was doing this since i was a little girl. i did not know that was illegal but of course, you get a $5 and the pork chops in which so i thought it $5 and a porkchop said which is corruption but i thought i would write about the people who sell their votes and how long that is and violates the law in every state for that to happen then i thought about it these are the most marginalized pe
campaigns in the state and local elections were paying people for their votes. >> host: this is 2004? >> guest: 2007 right after bush verses al gore. in fact, i did look in the documents where he went by the house of the old black woman in louisiana and told her there is someone buying votes and she said i vote a preacher comes by here in texas up in his car and takes us to the polls and tells us to to vote for on a piece of paper it tells us to talk to a particular person instead...
After Words With Ellen Malcolm : CSPAN2 : April 16, 2016 10:00pm-11:01pm EDT
. we have state and local races. one of the problems we have is there's thousands of state legislations, we wish we could do more. we wish we could do for congressional races, we don't have the resources for that. we could be very helpful to give understanding what it is to run for the state legislature, there's really little out there that helps any candidates know how to run, so we do that for our women and get them started and, of course, we are always getting calls for people who want to run for congress and stuff, but we are out there looking for women all of the time at no matter what the level, the minute there's a political opportunity, we have someone there falling into the community, who is out there, who would be good for congress, who should we talk to, we talked to our aallies, we are always in the process for looking for good women to run. >> host: does nwpc still do that kind of searching for women and encouraging women? >> guest: i think so, yeah. >> host: that was their mission at one point and kinds of opportunities that women never thought they would have
. we have state and local races. one of the problems we have is there's thousands of state legislations, we wish we could do more. we wish we could do for congressional races, we don't have the resources for that. we could be very helpful to give understanding what it is to run for the state legislature, there's really little out there that helps any candidates know how to run, so we do that for our women and get them started and, of course, we are always getting calls for people who want to...
After Words With Ellen Malcolm : CSPAN2 : April 17, 2016 9:00pm-10:01pm EDT
and we have a training program for the state and local races. one of the problems we have is that there's thousands of state legislative races so we wish we could do more and we wish we could do what we do for the congressional races. we don't have the resources or that he could be helpful in in giving people the skills to kind of understand what it is to run for the state legislature. there is little out there that helps any candidate know how to run. so, we do that for our women and get them started and of course we are always getting calls from people that want to run for congress and stuff but we are out there looking for women all the time no matter what the level. the minute that there is a political opportunity, we have someone there calling into the community. who's out there, who would be good for congress, who should we talk to? we talk to our allies. we are always in the process of looking for good women to run. >> host: do they still do that kind of searching for one in? >> guest: i think they do yes because that was their mission at one point. not only to encourage wo
and we have a training program for the state and local races. one of the problems we have is that there's thousands of state legislative races so we wish we could do more and we wish we could do what we do for the congressional races. we don't have the resources or that he could be helpful in in giving people the skills to kind of understand what it is to run for the state legislature. there is little out there that helps any candidate know how to run. so, we do that for our women and get them...
After Words With Ellen Malcolm : CSPAN2 : April 18, 2016 12:00am-1:01am EDT
have a training program for state and local races. one of the problems is there are thousands of state races we wish we could do more or do what we do for congressional races we don't have the resources for that but we can be helpful to get people the skills are understanding what it is to run for the state legislature. there is little out there to help any candidate know how to run. so of course, real is getting calls for those who want to run for congress but we are looking for women all the time. the net there is a political opportunity we have someone there in the community who would be good for congress or who should we talk to? we're always in the process looking for good women to run. >> that was a mission at one point to seek out the women and encourage them to run but to go after commissions and commissions and appointments and opportunities that they would have access to. so the business of our reach isn't encouraging and supporting women to help them understand it is possible and it is part of the job that emily's list is all about in addition to raising all that money
have a training program for state and local races. one of the problems is there are thousands of state races we wish we could do more or do what we do for congressional races we don't have the resources for that but we can be helpful to get people the skills are understanding what it is to run for the state legislature. there is little out there to help any candidate know how to run. so of course, real is getting calls for those who want to run for congress but we are looking for women all the...
After Words With Ellen Malcolm : CSPAN2 : April 24, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm EDT
get cold calls? guest: we do and we have a training program for state and local races. one of the problems we have is there are thousands of state legislative races, so we wish we could do more. we wish we could do what we do for congressional races. we don't have the resources for that, but we can be helpful giving people the skills, understanding what it is to run for the state legislature. there really is very little out there that helps any candidate know-how to run, so we do that for our women and get them started and, of course, we are all his getting calls from people who want to run for congress and stuff, but we are looking for women all the time and no matter what the level the minutes there is a political opportunity, we have someone there falling into the community, who is out there, who would be good for congress, who should we talk to. we are always in the process of looking for good women to run. host: does nw pc still do that kind of searching for women? guest: i think they do. host: because that was their mission. guest: that was. host: at one point, not only to e
get cold calls? guest: we do and we have a training program for state and local races. one of the problems we have is there are thousands of state legislative races, so we wish we could do more. we wish we could do what we do for congressional races. we don't have the resources for that, but we can be helpful giving people the skills, understanding what it is to run for the state legislature. there really is very little out there that helps any candidate know-how to run, so we do that for our...
Book Discussion John Birch : CSPAN2 : April 23, 2016 7:20pm-8:46pm EDT
southern california from the midwest and they did not have deep roots in their local communities. so southern california was really where a lot of the action took place the majority of the membership in the western state, texas, through the south but there were members and other parts of the country, one was in and claire connor wrote a book about her parents were devout members of the birch society in chicago. her book is called wrapped in the plague. she describes how they organize meetings in their home, they would stand up every couple of weeks and start the meeting with the pledge of allegiance to the flag. they would watch films or discuss articles, events of the day. so it was quite widespread. >> when i was teaching in 1962 our congressman was congressman was a member of the john birch society. [laughter] there was to congressman that i have been able to identify that were members, recently was one and i forgot the other but i think it was also california. birch did not believe in institutional politics. he did not think that -- he thought it was the part of the establishment
southern california from the midwest and they did not have deep roots in their local communities. so southern california was really where a lot of the action took place the majority of the membership in the western state, texas, through the south but there were members and other parts of the country, one was in and claire connor wrote a book about her parents were devout members of the birch society in chicago. her book is called wrapped in the plague. she describes how they organize meetings...
Book Discussion on Bettyville and Bobby Wonderful : CSPAN2 : April 30, 2016 4:35pm-5:46pm EDT
liberty act, can be done by local government, state government and federal, every level of government can say we won't penalize catholic charity adoption agencies because they want to find orphaned homes and moms and dads. and three jurisdictions they have been shut down because they didn't want to do same-sex adoptions. i'm suggesting if we want to have civil peace after the same-sex. we have to agree or disagree, if you are -- if you are not in favor of don't have the government force you. >> host: we are at cpac where the c stands for conservative but a lot of libertarians support gay marriage and a lot of libertarians at cpac. >> the panel i am on in a tweet few minutes, two libertarians and two conservatives, one of them is a gay conservative, we disagree about marriage, two of us are in favor of the historic definition, two in favor of the new definition but i'll four of
liberty act, can be done by local government, state government and federal, every level of government can say we won't penalize catholic charity adoption agencies because they want to find orphaned homes and moms and dads. and three jurisdictions they have been shut down because they didn't want to do same-sex adoptions. i'm suggesting if we want to have civil peace after the same-sex. we have to agree or disagree, if you are -- if you are not in favor of don't have the government force you....
Book Discussion on Custer's Trials : CSPAN2 : April 24, 2016 1:30pm-2:31pm EDT
mississippi which was a black majority state. he's asked by the local republican party to lead the army and join them. he was someone who chose the other lay custer did you after the water -- after he was driven out of mississippi, he went to northfield, minnesota where his family was involved in flour milling. he was involved in a business and all these changes adapted to it very quickly and to some extent successfully. by the way, i argue one reason jesse james came to northfield, minnesota, robbed a bank in 1876 was because he was there when he said was captured. so here is custer on the other hand who is a flamboyant figure, who is the fact game a whole image for himself, who's supposed to reconstruction policies who goes west and creates a new. the thing sco struggle and he never succeeds in business till he tries in a less wall street. he loves new york. he loves sophistication and yet he's a total disaster on wall street as his wife finds out after he dies discover she has a $9000 that he did know about that but $9000 was allotted money. you know, he never quite gets it. and that a l
mississippi which was a black majority state. he's asked by the local republican party to lead the army and join them. he was someone who chose the other lay custer did you after the water -- after he was driven out of mississippi, he went to northfield, minnesota where his family was involved in flour milling. he was involved in a business and all these changes adapted to it very quickly and to some extent successfully. by the way, i argue one reason jesse james came to northfield, minnesota,...
Book Discussion on Dissent and the Supreme Court : CSPAN2 : April 1, 2016 9:27pm-10:30pm EDT
stuff that would be decided in a magistrate court or no higher than a local state court but because of the way the congress framed the court's jurisdiction, before 1925 you could fight it up to the supreme court. what taft's vision was that the supreme court become primarily a constitutional court and it only have three jurisdiction. one is the original jurish dicti assigned by the constitution, secondly constitutional questions involving whether or not a particular act or something violated a clause in the constitution, and third statutory interpretation of congressional acts. once you limit it to those, now it was important not only to decide, but to decide rightly which means that people who had strong constitutional views of brandise if you are on the short side of the vote you don't want to be associated -- brandeis -- you started filing dissents and brandeis only had one clerk. so for him to write dissents, especially the type he wrote, involved enormous amounts of time. justice now have four cleshrks. so it easy to say you do the research on this and you do this and they can do
stuff that would be decided in a magistrate court or no higher than a local state court but because of the way the congress framed the court's jurisdiction, before 1925 you could fight it up to the supreme court. what taft's vision was that the supreme court become primarily a constitutional court and it only have three jurisdiction. one is the original jurish dicti assigned by the constitution, secondly constitutional questions involving whether or not a particular act or something violated a...
Book Discussion on Just Medicine : CSPAN2 : April 17, 2016 9:30am-10:31am EDT
state with local authors including a look at what's known as a black belt. >> a black belt is unique in the state of alabama. it is different from anywhere else, anybody in alabama will to you that the anybody and a black belt will tell you that. it's come a point of pride. >> what about the legal battles as they fight this is to a local employer monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one of the community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i experienced. >> but first we speak with other earl tilford about university of alabama in the 1960s. >> the name of my book is "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." i put this book because i was a student at the university of
state with local authors including a look at what's known as a black belt. >> a black belt is unique in the state of alabama. it is different from anywhere else, anybody in alabama will to you that the anybody and a black belt will tell you that. it's come a point of pride. >> what about the legal battles as they fight this is to a local employer monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one of the community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i...
Book Discussion on Lessons in Censorship : CSPAN2 : April 10, 2016 7:00am-8:31am EDT
states, do you think it should be addressed nationally or in individual communities? >> that's a terrific question. as neil indicated local control is a very important part of our educational system, elected school boards, local superintendents. and as far as i'm able to grasp the newly crafted law that replaced no child left behind, the federal government is stepping back from giving the kind of guidance they been giving for the last 10 years. but they constitutional law is federal law. so we would have to have an interplay between an understanding first amendment law interpreted by federal courts and what communities do when the ground. and one of the recommendations i make in my book is that just because the first amendment allows schools to engage in certain kinds of censorship or to place certain inhibitions on student speech doesn't mean that school districts have to use those powers. the one thing that people who believe in a model of education that emphasizes learning how to be citizens in an active way might do is run for school board or go and tell the school board, we
states, do you think it should be addressed nationally or in individual communities? >> that's a terrific question. as neil indicated local control is a very important part of our educational system, elected school boards, local superintendents. and as far as i'm able to grasp the newly crafted law that replaced no child left behind, the federal government is stepping back from giving the kind of guidance they been giving for the last 10 years. but they constitutional law is federal law....
Book Discussion on Lessons in Censorship : CSPAN2 : April 2, 2016 7:15pm-8:49pm EDT
united states, you think it should be addressed national lil or individual comments? >> that's a terrific question. as neil indicated local control is a part of our school school school boards, local superintendents, as far as i'm able to grasp newly crafted no child left behind is government stepping back from giving the kind of guidance they've been giving for the last ten years. but the constitutional law is federal law. so we really have to have an interplay between and understanding of first amendment law interpreted by federal courts and what communities do on the ground and one of the redgeses i make in any book is that just because the first amendment allows schools toen gauge in certain kinds of censorship or place inhibition on student speech doesn't mean that school districts have to use those powers. .. . >> until there is an incident, and once there is a censorship incident, quite understandably principles as glow boards tented dig in their heels rather than reconsider their policies. i suggest this is a good conversation to have before the play has been canceled or
united states, you think it should be addressed national lil or individual comments? >> that's a terrific question. as neil indicated local control is a part of our school school school boards, local superintendents, as far as i'm able to grasp newly crafted no child left behind is government stepping back from giving the kind of guidance they've been giving for the last ten years. but the constitutional law is federal law. so we really have to have an interplay between and understanding...
Book Discussion on The Firebrand and the First Lady : CSPAN2 : April 2, 2016 10:45am-12:01pm EDT
second busiest port in the united states. also long beach has over 5 million visitors as you. with help of our charter communications cable partners, for the next hour we looks for the history of the area with local authors. >> the wart in your start in 1939, and -- the war in europe start in 1939. franklin roosevelt realized it needed to be better facilities here. so begin as early as 1939, additional shipyards were built in palm beach. roosevelt also saw the need for more aerospace industry. and again in 1940 donald dougl douglas, at one time throughout the war years employed 173,000 people. >> would also spoke with craig smith, speechwriter for president gerald ford and george h. w. bush. >> the biggest challenge in writing speeches for george bush senior was that he didn't like rehearsing. he thought it was unmanly to rehearse and had to convince them that water break and rehearsed come other people at work for had rehearsed and that he really needed to rehearse speeches. ..
second busiest port in the united states. also long beach has over 5 million visitors as you. with help of our charter communications cable partners, for the next hour we looks for the history of the area with local authors. >> the wart in your start in 1939, and -- the war in europe start in 1939. franklin roosevelt realized it needed to be better facilities here. so begin as early as 1939, additional shipyards were built in palm beach. roosevelt also saw the need for more aerospace...
Book Discussion on The Human Cost of Welfare : CSPAN2 : April 10, 2016 10:45pm-11:51pm EDT
spent roughly $688 billion to fund more than 100 anti-poverty programs. federal, state and local governments spent an additional $300 billion on those and other programs. that means the government is spending close to a trillion dollars every year fighting poverty. if you want to go back to 1965 when lyndon johnson declared war on poverty, we spent some 22 or $23 trillion fighting poverty. what have we really accomplished over the period of time? if you use the census bureau official poverty numbers, the rates have barely budged. and even if you use th sort of alternative measures which are more accurate and taking to account the taxation and other things, you find that progress against poverty really stalled out somewhere in the 1970s and it's pretty flatter ever since. we are spending more getting fewer and fewer results that as bad as that is for taxpayers into the fiscal balance sheet of the u.s. government, the problem is that it's bad for the people living in poverty because not only are we spending money and not helping them in many cases we may be making their situation w
spent roughly $688 billion to fund more than 100 anti-poverty programs. federal, state and local governments spent an additional $300 billion on those and other programs. that means the government is spending close to a trillion dollars every year fighting poverty. if you want to go back to 1965 when lyndon johnson declared war on poverty, we spent some 22 or $23 trillion fighting poverty. what have we really accomplished over the period of time? if you use the census bureau official poverty...
Book Discussion on The Human Cost of Welfare : CSPAN2 : April 16, 2016 8:45am-9:51am EDT
-- antipoverty programs. state, local governments rather spent an additional 300 billion dollars on those and other programs. that means that government is spending close to a trillion dollars every year fighting poverty. if you want to go all the way back to 1965, when linda johnson declared war on poverty, we've spent some 22 or 23 trillion dollars fighting poverty. but what if we really established over that period of time? if you use the sentence bureau official poverty numbers, poverty rates have barely budged. and even you use the sort of alternative poverty measures which are more accurate and take into account noncash benefits and things like that taxation and other things, you find that progress against poverty really stalled out somewhere in the 1970s and has been pretty flat ever since. we're spending more and more money every year in getting fewer and fewer results. buts as bad as that is for taxpayers and for the fiscal balance sheet of the u.s. government, the real problem is that it's bad for the people living in poverty. because nots only are spending money and not helping
-- antipoverty programs. state, local governments rather spent an additional 300 billion dollars on those and other programs. that means that government is spending close to a trillion dollars every year fighting poverty. if you want to go all the way back to 1965, when linda johnson declared war on poverty, we've spent some 22 or 23 trillion dollars fighting poverty. but what if we really established over that period of time? if you use the sentence bureau official poverty numbers, poverty...
Book Discussion on The Road Taken : CSPAN2 : April 17, 2016 3:15pm-4:17pm EDT
state taxes, state gasoline taxes and so forth and locally we pay taxes in some locality also charge tax on gasoline purchases. anyway, the federal government only pays one out of four, one fourth of the total cost, typically the states are-- will apply for grants from the federal government. where does the federal government gets its money? well, there's something called a highway trust fund, which was established with the interstate highway act. federal aid of 1956 act. the highway trust fund is totally dedicated to highways and roads. there should be a few footnotes, but they are really minor. the main revenues into the highway trust fund are gasoline taxes and what could save fuel taxes because diesel taxes also feed in. there are some minor taxes on sales taxes for trucks and trailers and so forth, but the bulk of it is gasoline and diesel taxes and the gasoline taxes are the order of 63% that we see on this slide. now, this has been a growing problem for over two decades, that the gasoline tax, the federal gasoline tax has been 18.4 cents a gallon since 1993. that means the rev
state taxes, state gasoline taxes and so forth and locally we pay taxes in some locality also charge tax on gasoline purchases. anyway, the federal government only pays one out of four, one fourth of the total cost, typically the states are-- will apply for grants from the federal government. where does the federal government gets its money? well, there's something called a highway trust fund, which was established with the interstate highway act. federal aid of 1956 act. the highway trust...
Book Discussion on The Road Taken : CSPAN2 : April 24, 2016 8:00am-9:01am EDT
contributing. the states, we pay state taxes, state gasoline taxes and so forth. and locally we pay taxes in some localities also charge tax on gasoline purchases. but anyway the federal government only pays one-fourth of the total cost. typically the states or municipalities will apply for grants from the federal government. where does the federal government get its money for this? is something called the highway trust fund which was established with the interstate highway act, that federal aid of 1956 act, and the highway trust fund is totally dedicated to highways and roads. there should be a few footnotes but those are really minor. domain revenue into the highway trust fund our gasoline taxes, coetzee fuel taxes because diesel tax also feeds in. there's some minor taxes on sales taxes for trucks and trailers and so forth, but the bulk of it is gasoline and diesel tax. gasoline taxes are of the order of 63% which we see on this slide. this has been a growing problem for over two decades that they gasoline tax, the federal gasoline tax has been 18-point for since the gallon since 1993. th
contributing. the states, we pay state taxes, state gasoline taxes and so forth. and locally we pay taxes in some localities also charge tax on gasoline purchases. but anyway the federal government only pays one-fourth of the total cost. typically the states or municipalities will apply for grants from the federal government. where does the federal government get its money for this? is something called the highway trust fund which was established with the interstate highway act, that federal...
Book Discussion on The Road Taken : CSPAN2 : April 3, 2016 10:00pm-11:01pm EDT
, state gasoline taxes and so forth and locally we see some localities also charge tax on gasoline purchases but anyway, the federal government only pays one out of every word of the total cost of. where did they get do they get the money for this? there's something to the highway trust fund which was established with the interstate highway for the 1956 act and it's totally dedicated to but they are really minor. the main revenue into the highway trust fund are gasoline taxes and fuel taxes. there are minor sales taxes for trucks and so forth but the bulk of it is gasoline and diesel taxes and the gasoline taxes are the order of 63% as we see on this slide. this has been a growing problem for over two decades that the federal gasoline tax is 18.4. it's been frozen because of that and that means all of the new infrastructure problems that we hear about in the expansion of roads and so forth there is no room in the budget to do that stuff based on gasoline taxes and if we are going to continue to improve and maintain infrastructure in the condition that we like than then we are going
, state gasoline taxes and so forth and locally we see some localities also charge tax on gasoline purchases but anyway, the federal government only pays one out of every word of the total cost of. where did they get do they get the money for this? there's something to the highway trust fund which was established with the interstate highway for the 1956 act and it's totally dedicated to but they are really minor. the main revenue into the highway trust fund are gasoline taxes and fuel taxes....
Book Discussion on The Smartest Places on Earth : CSPAN2 : April 23, 2016 6:00pm-7:21pm EDT
between university and europe. but in europe -- in this point local communities, companies are -- have set up programs, work study programs. that's more part of our culture and our structure. as we look at these innovation hubs in the united states and increasingly latin america, asia, they are not just platforms for economic project innovation. what we see happening is social innovation. community colleges are co- locating. pre- k opportunities for people in the community. it is much more substantial social efforts going on than i think is well understood, and we are at the early end of that. i think we will open it up. start over here, state your name and provide a question, not a statement. and then there are folks on twitter who may want to send thoughts, as well. >> thank you. rick rybak. thank you very much. learned a lot. great panel. as i understand it, the collapse of our manufacturing industry cause land value to collapse, in part creating an opportunity for startups who are risk averse and don't have a lot of cash. to what extent, now that the innovation economy is t
between university and europe. but in europe -- in this point local communities, companies are -- have set up programs, work study programs. that's more part of our culture and our structure. as we look at these innovation hubs in the united states and increasingly latin america, asia, they are not just platforms for economic project innovation. what we see happening is social innovation. community colleges are co- locating. pre- k opportunities for people in the community. it is much more...
BOOK TV : CSPAN2 : April 17, 2016 10:30am-12:01pm EDT
city and state with local authors including a look at what's known as a black belt. >> a black belt is unique in the state of alabama. it is different from anywhere else, anybody in alabama will to you that the anybody and a black belt will tell you that. it's come a point of pride. >> what about the legal battles as they fight this is to a local employer monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one of the community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i experienced. >> but first we speak with other earl tilford about university of alabama in the 1960s. >> the name of my book is "turning the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." i put this book because i was a student at the university of alabama in the 1960s and quite frankly i missed a lot of this because i was studying but really i wanted to take the story of beyond desegregation which occurred in 1963. the idea cover that in the first chapter. i wanted to take you to the rest of the '60s because while we desegregated in 1963 did not integrate. that took a long time even going beyond 1970. it's a ne in
city and state with local authors including a look at what's known as a black belt. >> a black belt is unique in the state of alabama. it is different from anywhere else, anybody in alabama will to you that the anybody and a black belt will tell you that. it's come a point of pride. >> what about the legal battles as they fight this is to a local employer monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one of the community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i...
BOOK TV : CSPAN2 : April 18, 2016 7:22am-7:59am EDT
are because they teach you in this book is the reason why republicans went local and state elections but can't when presidential election is because they have lost touch with the voters are. the national level has lost touch on the local level. >> host: us go to hamilton county ohio, cincinnati base, who are some of the voters that republicans have lost and how can they get them back? >> guest: hamilton county is interesting case because it's the only county that had a net population loss over the last two decades. all the rest of the the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country carrying made what you call their native political elections within. hambleton down is when people have left and has had a pretty significant population decrease over the last 30-40 years. that people who are left other people who did not economic mobility to have those options to be. you are talking about blue-collar workers, people who work hard, don't work necessarily in high-priced jobs, working with her hands, working to put food on the table. republic
are because they teach you in this book is the reason why republicans went local and state elections but can't when presidential election is because they have lost touch with the voters are. the national level has lost touch on the local level. >> host: us go to hamilton county ohio, cincinnati base, who are some of the voters that republicans have lost and how can they get them back? >> guest: hamilton county is interesting case because it's the only county that had a net...
BOOK TV : CSPAN2 : April 3, 2016 7:40am-11:01am EDT
voters are because they key theory in this book is that the reason why republicans win local and state elections in those counties but can't when presidential election is because lost a sense of the voters are, the national level has lost touch over the voters are on the local level. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio, who are some of the voters republicans have lost and how can they give them back speak with nothing interesting case. it's the only county that had a net population loss over the last few decades. all the rest of these, the challenges are more about population growth, people coming in from other parts of the country carrying maybe which recall their native political -- hamilton county is one where people have left and they've had a pretty significant population decrease over the last 30-40 years. so the people who are left are people who didn't have the economic mobility to have those options to be. you were talking about blue-collar workers can people to work hard, they don't work in necessarily in high-priced firms working with her hanscom working for food on the tab
voters are because they key theory in this book is that the reason why republicans win local and state elections in those counties but can't when presidential election is because lost a sense of the voters are, the national level has lost touch over the voters are on the local level. >> let's go to hamilton county, ohio, who are some of the voters republicans have lost and how can they give them back speak with nothing interesting case. it's the only county that had a net population loss...
Book TV in Long Beach, CA : CSPAN2 : April 2, 2016 12:00pm-1:31pm EDT
. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. we are in long beach, california with the help our of local cable partner charter. next we discuss the united states use of visual propaganda in germany after the second world war. >> in the age of television and the internet we cannot imagine advertisement or propaganda without visual images but they mattered before tv. they are often more important than text in transmitting a story. we are attracted to images. we often learn quickly and easily. we have emotional responses to images. and the nazis were master manipul manipulators and very effective in using propaganda to create and dissimnate their world view. they controlled art and the american government during world war ii also used propaganda very effectively. what i show in the book is during the military occupation of germany, both the american military and the soviet counterpart, were using every method of propaganda to transfer messages. the capture emotions of the germans and teach them lessons about the past and present and future. so much of the propaganda message applied by it am
. >> you are watching booktv on c-span2. we are in long beach, california with the help our of local cable partner charter. next we discuss the united states use of visual propaganda in germany after the second world war. >> in the age of television and the internet we cannot imagine advertisement or propaganda without visual images but they mattered before tv. they are often more important than text in transmitting a story. we are attracted to images. we often learn quickly and...
Book TV in Tuscaloosa, AL : CSPAN2 : April 16, 2016 4:00pm-5:20pm EDT
, over the next 60 minutes we'll explore the history of the city and state with local authors including a look at what's nobody as the black belt -- known as the black belt. >> the black belt is really unique in the state of alabama. it's definitely different from anywhere else and, you know, anybody in alabama will tell you that, and anybody in the black belt will tell you that. it's become a little bit of a point of pride. >> later, we learn about the legal battles of aniston, alabama, residents as they fight monsanto. >> if i can prevent this from happening to one other community, i'm going to tell you what i know and what i experienced. >> but first, we speak with author earl tilford about the university of alabama in the 1960s. >> the name of my book is "turned the tide: the university of alabama in the 1960s." i wrote this book because i was a student at the university of alabama in the 960s -- 1960s and, quite frankly, i missed a lot of it because i was studying. but really i wanted to take the story beyond desegregation which occurred in 1963, though i do cover that in
, over the next 60 minutes we'll explore the history of the city and state with local authors including a look at what's nobody as the black belt -- known as the black belt. >> the black belt is really unique in the state of alabama. it's definitely different from anywhere else and, you know, anybody in alabama will tell you that, and anybody in the black belt will tell you that. it's become a little bit of a point of pride. >> later, we learn about the legal battles of aniston,...
British Prime Minister's Questions : CSPAN2 : April 20, 2016 9:55pm-10:33pm EDT
this review. but some schools that have been failing the year after year have been led by local authorities in the state. we found the way to help succeeding schools. why, 200,000 a year. can you give us some details? >> the agreements we just reset the european union. the treasury document is very clear about not trying to make all sorts of different assumptions about variables and take a clear set of statistics established and analytically robust process. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in 2009 michelle was brutally raped and murdered. since 2011 a man thought in connection with this crime and seven of accounts of sexual violence have beendi invading exhibitions from india. over 30 court appearances to date in another one plan for tomorrow.tomorrow. and despite the severity of the crimes in italy in these proceedingsur there is no record of all of any ministerial our diplomatic representation for either the foreign or home office. will the prime minister today personally commit tohe put this right and directly raise this matter so that we can finally seek justice. >> i will give th
this review. but some schools that have been failing the year after year have been led by local authorities in the state. we found the way to help succeeding schools. why, 200,000 a year. can you give us some details? >> the agreements we just reset the european union. the treasury document is very clear about not trying to make all sorts of different assumptions about variables and take a clear set of statistics established and analytically robust process. >> thank you, mr....
British Prime Minister's Questions : CSPAN2 : April 21, 2016 1:33am-2:12am EDT
after year have been left by local authorities in that state. actually we found the way to help succeeding schools to fly and for failing schools to improve is to have academies. the evidence is right there in front of us and that's why we are so keen on progressing in this. >> dr. liam fox. >> turn one. one of the reasons why he led his party to victory last year's general election was a pledge to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands. can he tell us further why the obr, why the obr projects immigration to the above 200,000 a year for the rest of this decade? by what assumptions did he reach this figure could you give us some details? >> to give him some details the obr don't take into account the instance which is which the european union over welfare and other immigration restrictions. the treasury document is very clear about not trying to make all sorts of different assumptions about variables but to take a very clear set of statistic established by the obr and that's what his interest with the governor of the bank of england came out and said it wasn't analytically r
after year have been left by local authorities in that state. actually we found the way to help succeeding schools to fly and for failing schools to improve is to have academies. the evidence is right there in front of us and that's why we are so keen on progressing in this. >> dr. liam fox. >> turn one. one of the reasons why he led his party to victory last year's general election was a pledge to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands. can he tell us further why the obr, why...
Discussion on Racial Bias and Government : CSPAN2 : April 8, 2016 1:00pm-3:01pm EDT
between federal law enforcement and state and local government. and at the state and local level in the schematic, it is important for the federal level for strong policy considerations to protect communities of color and impacted and targeted on the basis of race. there is a need for clearly defined mission to understand what information should be collected is clear. december 2014 eric holder updated the department of justice's use of race policy which built upon and expands the framework of the 2003 guidance and reaffirmed federal government deep commitment to ensure law enforcement agencies conduct activities in an unbiased manner. and the federal government has long recognized including what mister jim baker talked about today, perpetuate negative and harmful stereotypes and moreover and vitally important, practices are ineffective from a law enforcement perspective. as eric holder stated such practices are simply not good law enforcement. as privacy officials and attorneys we seek to distinguish information which determines what is or is not protected under federal privacy law. pri
between federal law enforcement and state and local government. and at the state and local level in the schematic, it is important for the federal level for strong policy considerations to protect communities of color and impacted and targeted on the basis of race. there is a need for clearly defined mission to understand what information should be collected is clear. december 2014 eric holder updated the department of justice's use of race policy which built upon and expands the framework of...
facial recognition technology and can use of facial recognition technology by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, this is no longer a hypothetic hypothetical. it's a reality for example, an iranian deployed in l.a. by the police were a couple years ago with a set of 16 cameras that could use facial recognition to celtic to surveil in real time in northern l.a., capable of extracting face templates for up to six feet away. this is not just limited to l.a. these or other police departments, chicago, for example, alice, west virginia, others have acquired are actively considering acquiring this exact capability. this is one type of facial recognition, technology, ignore others. to our mobile units that allow for identification by police officers and inform or comment are also desktop facial recognition systems where an officer can upload a facebook photo, a cameron steele from a cell phone or maybe a cctv camera and these are very common throughout the u.s. now. we are here to discuss how this technology runs the risk of disproportionate affecting african-american citizens.
facial recognition technology and can use of facial recognition technology by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, this is no longer a hypothetic hypothetical. it's a reality for example, an iranian deployed in l.a. by the police were a couple years ago with a set of 16 cameras that could use facial recognition to celtic to surveil in real time in northern l.a., capable of extracting face templates for up to six feet away. this is not just limited to l.a. these or other police...
Discussion on Racial Bias and Government : CSPAN2 : April 8, 2016 9:13pm-11:29pm EDT
institute. they join us to discuss the increased minimum wage impact on businesses and workers at the state and local levels. public policy professor will talk about the new labor department rules. they will also talk about whether or not americans are saving for retirement. watch "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> the book tells both the story of the fact that the manuscript of this national treasure isn't what we thought while also trying to chronologically think about what was madison encountering at the time. keeping those two narrative straight was quite tricky for a while. >> sunday night on q&a, boston college law school professor discusses her book madison's hand which takes a critical look at the notes james madison wrote during and after the constitutional convention. >> madison took the notes on sheets of paper and he folded those sheets in half. he writes on the front, across the middle and on the two pages of the backside. then at some point he sewed all these little pieces of paper together into a manuscript. one of the really won
institute. they join us to discuss the increased minimum wage impact on businesses and workers at the state and local levels. public policy professor will talk about the new labor department rules. they will also talk about whether or not americans are saving for retirement. watch "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. >> the book tells both the story of the fact that the manuscript of this national treasure isn't what we thought while...
Economics of Immigration Reform : CSPAN2 : April 29, 2016 9:36pm-11:02pm EDT
considered. the state of texas government makes about 11 billion a year. and even local government make almost a billion, about 800 million. that would surprise me a little bit. that one surprised me a little bit. high value-added industries were folks are working command it made the difference. that is not mean every government is a winner. there are some sectors right now that come up behind in the system. and that is because if you look at local government, most of the revenue they generate is sales tax. most sales tax goes to cities. the services that they consume are typically healthcare services and education services provided by school districts and counties that rely on property taxes, and so consequently the carve up of the local money does not always match the need. there are local governments going through strains and difficulties in the system. when you have a surplus there is a simple way to fix that. it is not hard at all. if it was not for that pesky thing called politics. they would not be hard at all to solve the problem, but the bottom line is, this is a vital part of
considered. the state of texas government makes about 11 billion a year. and even local government make almost a billion, about 800 million. that would surprise me a little bit. that one surprised me a little bit. high value-added industries were folks are working command it made the difference. that is not mean every government is a winner. there are some sectors right now that come up behind in the system. and that is because if you look at local government, most of the revenue they generate...
Hearing on Cybersecurity and Taxpayer Data : CSPAN2 : April 12, 2016 9:44pm-11:29pm EDT
make more than seven impressions. we have had very good coverage from the media, local and national media, with the people most vulnerable are elderly, immigrants, low income people who are kind of living in a state of warrior fear. most likely. >> thank you. >> thank you for holding this important hearing today. it is a topic that affects all of our constituents. we had one case, one constituent case of identity fraud. i don't know if that is consistent across the states. that kind of increase is an indication of the growing problem we are facing. first authenticating someone's identity. i am open to more funding. we talked about this,, but i want to be sure the money is well spent. if i could shift to another issue. very urgent issue. senator brown and i have worked closely on this issue. this has to do with the health coverage tax credit. section 407 reinstated that health coverage tax credit through 2019. basically extending the advanced monthly payment program, one that gives advanced premium payments to the recipients. in inrecipients. in the statue the program was to be in pl
make more than seven impressions. we have had very good coverage from the media, local and national media, with the people most vulnerable are elderly, immigrants, low income people who are kind of living in a state of warrior fear. most likely. >> thank you. >> thank you for holding this important hearing today. it is a topic that affects all of our constituents. we had one case, one constituent case of identity fraud. i don't know if that is consistent across the states. that...
Hearing on D.C. Metrorail Safety : CSPAN2 : April 15, 2016 8:00pm-10:08pm EDT
instructed fta to temporarily assume the responsibilities of the local ssoa, the tri-state oversight committee which has lacked adequate enforcement authority. since last fall, fta has been on the sight at metro providing direct safety oversight. our team is comprised of subject matter safety experts with knowledge and expertise and technical ability and power to improve the metrorail safety. on a daily bases we have conducted inspections and verifications. we have conducted 107 inspections as of last week covering track, vehicle and maintenance, automatic train control and traction power. we identified 229 defects during these inspections requiring 66 remedial action by metro. in addition we are directing 140 open investigations. in late march, fta initiated a three-part safety blitz which are inspections focused on red signal overruns, track integrity and track security. fta's role in direct oversight is temporary. it is clear maryland and the district of columbia joined together. secretary fox urges in actions and words that the districts come together to create the metro safety c
instructed fta to temporarily assume the responsibilities of the local ssoa, the tri-state oversight committee which has lacked adequate enforcement authority. since last fall, fta has been on the sight at metro providing direct safety oversight. our team is comprised of subject matter safety experts with knowledge and expertise and technical ability and power to improve the metrorail safety. on a daily bases we have conducted inspections and verifications. we have conducted 107 inspections as...
Hearing on Electric Grid Security : CSPAN2 : April 19, 2016 7:32am-9:38am EDT
federal government tell states and local governments to prepare for? in other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power? the federal government does this now for almost every significant hazard we face. whether it is a category 5 hurricane hitting miami or an 8.0 earthquake in los angeles, the federal government has realistic estimates or scenarios for states and cities to plan. the federal government does not have this basic planning scenario for a cyber threat to the power system and there is a huge disparity in what different groups think is a potential scenario for which states and local governments should prepare. and the difference would be significant for local governments. if the power is out for a few days, it can be an inconvenience, but if it is out for several weeks, or a month or more, the local government has to potentially plan for increased public safety, water treatment, sheltering or evacuation, fuel delivery for generators and many other contingencies. what should we plan for? ted koppel in his book says we should plan on six
federal government tell states and local governments to prepare for? in other words, for how many people and for how long should states plan on being without power? the federal government does this now for almost every significant hazard we face. whether it is a category 5 hurricane hitting miami or an 8.0 earthquake in los angeles, the federal government has realistic estimates or scenarios for states and cities to plan. the federal government does not have this basic planning scenario for a...
Hearing on Government Waste and Inefficiency : CSPAN2 : April 21, 2016 6:50am-9:28am EDT
discussing. you were merely saying that state and local school districts to choose their own methodology as long as they got the result that was desired. is that right? >> they can use their own methodology effort to ensure that fulfill the principal supplement, not supplant. >> and in defining what we mean by coming to proposed rule, not listening to what you said as you describe what the goal was, would it be accurate to say that the local education agency, the school district, has said he wished combined state and local per pupil expenditure, including personnel expenditures in each school, each title i school, is not less than the average combined state and local per pupil expenditures in the non-title i schools, is that about right? >> it's that allocation of funds to state and local funds to title i schools has to be at least equal to the average non-title i school. now, approach might include looking at staffing and program provision, but another approach might be a weighted student funding formula approach. >> but in any event it would have to include teachers and personnel, right?
discussing. you were merely saying that state and local school districts to choose their own methodology as long as they got the result that was desired. is that right? >> they can use their own methodology effort to ensure that fulfill the principal supplement, not supplant. >> and in defining what we mean by coming to proposed rule, not listening to what you said as you describe what the goal was, would it be accurate to say that the local education agency, the school district,...
Hearing on U.S. Cyber Command Operations : CSPAN2 : April 5, 2016 11:33pm-1:38am EDT
defenses because we really don't have the infrastructure of the state police or local police that would protect local interest when they are being attacked and you have the expertise. we have to work out something between cyber command and local law enforcement if you will to protect us from these repeated and continuous escalating attacks. >> if i could i would urge us to think more broadly. how do we harness the passing capability that passing capability those reznor within our government structure contained with capabilities in the private sector. it's much bigger -- don't get me wrong we are definitely part of this but we have got to think much more broadly. >> i think that's a good way to articulate it. we keep talking in these hearings. when are we going to have a well developed in our ticket waited cyber to turn strategy and did my notes i and their word -- underline the word articulate. we need a definition of what is an act of war were as a proportional response, was a mutually-assured destruction situation? it seems to me is this in the works and if so when? >> sir is well bey
defenses because we really don't have the infrastructure of the state police or local police that would protect local interest when they are being attacked and you have the expertise. we have to work out something between cyber command and local law enforcement if you will to protect us from these repeated and continuous escalating attacks. >> if i could i would urge us to think more broadly. how do we harness the passing capability that passing capability those reznor within our...
House Committee Investigates Illegal Immigration and Crime : CSPAN2 : April 28, 2016 10:54pm-12:48am EDT
state of california has gotten rid of almost all parole. it has become localized for the probation department, which is really not equipped to deal with it. >> you're saying local level is not handling it. >> no, we are not being notified. >> what is happening? no parole, no accountability , they are not washed at all? >> if they are watched in our county it would be by the local probation department. >> how do they get involved? at what point -- when these people are released and put on parole, who is looking after them, and how does the process work? >> it would be a county probation officer assigned a case and he or she may see them once a month or maybe never. >> that he was paying for it? >> congressman, in the county is the probation department,department, county probation. >> the taxpayers. >> yes, sir. >> we have i.c.e. responsible for releasing these people that should be deported. but in many cases no one is looking out for them. when there are cases -- in other words, your local county is having to pick up the tab for the lack of work being done by i.c.e. >> that would b
state of california has gotten rid of almost all parole. it has become localized for the probation department, which is really not equipped to deal with it. >> you're saying local level is not handling it. >> no, we are not being notified. >> what is happening? no parole, no accountability , they are not washed at all? >> if they are watched in our county it would be by the local probation department. >> how do they get involved? at what point -- when these people...
House Committee Investigates Illegal Immigration and Crime : CSPAN2 : April 28, 2016 8:00pm-10:55pm EDT
program was replaced by that party enforcement program where we work with state and local jurisdictions. not all the sheriff's department to assess this. >> and the stipulations such as fingerprints? >> there is a provision that talks about cooperation for them. >> that includes information that is necessary for protecting citizens. >> it could. >> bb that is why the hearing is held today. because the indication of what is necessary from not what was doing what was necessary for the systems in place to have that capability that is my concern not a charge. that is a request to do the right they but giving us excuses. >> i think we have helped to add we have asked questions about those resources. weather has not been a push back gore a request for dollars to match the program as opposed to other entities and i yield back. >> you're recognized for five minutes. >> i thank you director saldana for the year -- for being here your daughter's case has been discussed but our hearts go out to you and i speak to everyone here and in the united states congress to express our most profound condolen
program was replaced by that party enforcement program where we work with state and local jurisdictions. not all the sheriff's department to assess this. >> and the stipulations such as fingerprints? >> there is a provision that talks about cooperation for them. >> that includes information that is necessary for protecting citizens. >> it could. >> bb that is why the hearing is held today. because the indication of what is necessary from not what was doing what...