Patt Morrison for Mon 8/10/09 - DAVID LAZARUS IS GUEST HOST

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, August 10, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

DAVID LAZARUS IS GUEST HOST

 

1:00 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 - 2:00

The (High!) Cost of Raising the Kid$

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that raising children is a very expensive venture, but until one applies actual cost figures to the equation it all sounds kind of abstract.  An annual report by the USDA found that the cost to raise a child today, from birth until 17-years-old, costs a middle-class family $221,000—and that doesn’t include college!  Does the nearly quarter-million-dollar figure seem accurate, and is it worth it??

 

Guests:

Mark Lino, economist at the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion

CALL HIM

 

 

2:00 – 2:30

More Troops, More Money, More Uncertainty in Afghanistan

Even as the war in Afghanistan has become the military and foreign policy of the United States under President Obama, the country and the war effort have still been wanting for more troops, more money and more attention.  U.S. commanders and the secretary general of NATO have said more troops are needed, aid groups have asked for more resources and the Afghan economy is wanting for faster and smarter reconstruction.  After eight years in Afghanistan, is it fair to say that we’re still on course to win the war?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

2:30 – 3:00

OPEN