PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE
Thursday, September 1, 2011
1-3 p.m.
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1:06 – 1:39
OPEN
1:41:30 – 1:58:30
Life in 9/12
Guest:
Jeanne Ringel, director of the Public Health Systems & Preparedness Initiative and a senior economist at RAND Health
2:06 – 2:30
Will 10,000 felons arriving in
Come October 1, the 10,000 non-serious, non-violent, non-sex offender felons that will be transferred from state prison to
In contrast, Donald Blevins, the L.A. County Chief Probation Officer, thinks he can lower crime by having the inmates supervised locally rather than by state parole officers. Blevins, who says, “It’s the combination of mental illness and addiction that leads mentally ill people to go to jail,” plans to move towards a rehabilitation approach with the convicts. Previously, parolees who fail drug tests over and over may have gone to prison; now, they could be sent to mental illness and drug rehab programs that Blevins is developing—an approach Cooley says is unrealistic. LAPD is bracing itself for this influx of felons and says it will electronically monitor parolees through ankle braces. Baca promises to provide every new inmate with an educational plan, in an effort to reduce recidivism. County supervisors have said they don’t have the projected $300 million this “inmate dumping” the state has put on them. Will crime increase when these felons arrive in
Guests:
Steve Cooley, Los Angeles County District Attorney
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Donald Blevins, Chief Probation Officer, Los Angeles County Probation Department
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Lee Baca,
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Dr. Marvin Southard,
2:30 – 2:39
OPEN
2:39 – 2:58:30
Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
Should African American women marry more men who are not African American? In his book, Is Marriage for White People?, Ralph Banks says yes. Banks explains that in the past fifty years, African Americans have come to have the lowest marriage rates in the nation. One reason is that each year, for every two black women to graduate from college, only one black man graduates. This shortage of successful black men leads black women to marry less-educated and lower-earning men. And with successful black men in high demand, Banks argues, these men are less faithful. If, however, black women marry outside of their race, this could change—marriage rates would improve. Banks joins Patt to lay out his argument and hear your response.
Guest:
Ralph Richard Banks, author of Is Marriage for White People?
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Subject: Patt Morrison for Wednesday, August 31, 2011
PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
1-3 p.m.
CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG
1:06 – 1:18
OPEN
1:23 – 1:39
The curious case of a tax increase that the GOP actually likes
For a party that has more-or-less staked its future and political reputation on a strident, universal opposition to tax increases it’s curious to note that the Republican-controlled House of Representatives might be on the verge of allowing one tax to increase. The Social Security payroll tax was cut, from 6.2 percent down to 4.2, as part of President Obama’s stimulus law but that tax cut is due to run out at the end of this year. The payroll taxes apply only to the first $106,800 of a worker’s wages, so the biggest benefit anyone can gain from the tax cut is roughly $2,100. Since the great majority of Americans make less than $100,000 a year they pay more in this Social Security tax than they do in income taxes—in other words, the Social Security payroll tax cut helps the roughly 46 percent of all Americans who make so little money that they pay no federal income tax. The tax cut needs Congressional approval to be extended past January 1, and while President Obama supports extending the cut it turns out that House Republicans are hesitant. Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a Republican leader in the House and one of the twelve members on the budget-cutting Supercommittee has said about the payroll tax “not all tax relief is created equal for the purposes of helping to get the economy moving again.” Republicans also worry that the payroll tax cut will cost the government about $120 billion a year in lost revenues, which strangely has never been a concern for them as they’ve championed income tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. Is there a justifiable reason to let a tax cut lapse for a segment of the population that pays little to no taxes or should a party’s anti-tax platform apply to every potential tax increase, no matter who it benefits?
Guest:
James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly and author of “The GOP Position on Taxes Gets Worse”
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1:41:30 – 1:58:30
Life in 9/12
In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 it was hard to believe that 19 hijackers, armed with just box cutters, could overtake four airplanes at the same time. But the plan of attack was so simple, and aimed at such a glaring vulnerability in the country’s national security chain that it worked brilliantly with ultimately tragic consequences. The resulting rush to beef up airport security since 9/11 has left us with a brand new agency, the Transportation Security Administration, and several new search techniques and search technologies that have all come with very high costs. It could be argued, and our guest from
Guest:
Jack Riley, vice president & director of the RAND National Security Research Division
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2:06 – 2:19
Does the emergency 911 system need help?
For minutes, even hours, after the earthquake hit on the East Coast, residents in need of emergency assistance weren’t able to get through to 911 on their cells phones. That got the attention of the FCC. Officials at the agency say it’s a “serious concern” and will investigate what can be done to prevent it from happening again. The president of the CTIA, The Wireless Association, blamed the surge in calls for the problem. But isn’t a dramatic increase in calls to 911 to be expected after any emergency and shouldn’t the system be able to handle it? What did perform well were social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook—40,000 Tweets in the first few minutes after the earthquake and 3 million mentions of “earthquake” on Facebook. Is the current 911 system keeping up with technological advancements? These are questions being asked in emergency response circles and many, including the FCC, are pushing for the Next Generation 911 system. The new system will have the capacity and flexibility to include social media. So in the future it may be more effective to text for help than to call (at least from your cell phone).
Guest:
James a Barnett Jr., retired rear admiral and chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau at the FCC
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2:21:30 – 2:58:30
OPEN
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