To Re-Invent Government Me and James this week look at government departments from business trade, work and pensions, department for education , Department for Health and Social care and many more and to look at how to look at how to re-structure the government deopartments  and how to modernise and streamline and yep re-invent government to make it work. On Sunday we will do an episode talking about the budget. 

In this  Episode me and James are talking about the housing crisis and quick notice. Due to me doing sound checks the audio begins at 1 minute 20 seconds. But as a result the audio is much better than last week on my part. Now we talk about why is there a shortage in housing, why are prices too high, Is housing becoming un affordbale, is it a failure of the market or should we make it freerer? How can government repair it and how do we enusre there isnt a shortage and to ensure that people can become owners of homes not just renters. 

James is revising for his Mock A-Levels so wish him luck for his mock exams. Now in this episode I decide to basically explain how a $1,850,000,000,000 ($1.85 trillion) stimulus  can rebuild an economy after a recession mixed of welfare programs, infrastucture investment and tax reform.  By the way $500 billion of it is expanding welfare programs (food subsidies, energy price subsidies, public works programs, sure start etc) $750 bilion is Infrastructure (Public Transport , Rebuilding Homes and Schools and hospitals etc, Connecting Rural Communities with WIFI, purifying water by expanding sewage treatment facilites investment, and digitising government to simplify beaureaurocracy and adminsitrative procedures to ensure we can re-invent government for the 2020s and beyond. And then tax reform well that's predictable isn't it it's basically Simpson-Bowles. 

This Episode we are looking at the history of healthcare reform and the many attempts of Presidents to attempt to modernise and reform healthcare from President Roosevelt, Truman, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Clinton, Bush and Obama and look and analyse their attempts to modernise healthcare and get to universal healthcare insurance and our solutions Next Sunday we will look at fixing the housing crisis. 

In this the FIFTIETH Episode of the Big Issues Podcast, Me and James go through all cabinet minstries and some we created ourselves to say who we would make our chancellor, foreign secretary, housing secretary, international development secretary and so so much more. There is another episode on Wedensday talking about President Biden's State of the Union and then another episode on Sunday 19th Feburary. So enjoy the 5OTH EPISODE of the Podcast. 

Why does the UK have low growth rates?. What are the causes of our economic problems, is it the economy, is it our tax code, is it a lack of public investment or  an issue of Skills, is it due to de-industrlisation  we examine the problem and analyse possible solutions to the economy and how to fix the causes of low growth in our nation's economy. 

Now, In this episode we are discussing with the new Congress being sworn in, How do we get Bi Partisanship between Democrats and Republicans on Immigration Reform,. Healthcare Reform, Balancing the Budget,  Reducing Crime, Reforming the process of comfirmation process for Judges and Saving Social Security.  How to get congress legislating what compromises need to be made. All to be discussed.

In this Episode, I talk about the history and evolving of the welfare state, why it needs to be reformed. looking at the ideas of President Clinton,John Engler, Tony Blair and David Cameron and analysing their ideas and then suggesting my own ideas to modernise welfare for the future.  Apologising for not doing an episode for a fortnight.But we're going back to our Sunday Recording so there will be stability in our recording schedule.  

In this Episode, We are talking about the NHS, why it had to be created, how to resolve the funding crisis, how do you cut waiting lists and waiting times, hiring more staff and to restrecture the NHS along with the need for more patient choice. We go through the whole four areas funding, medical care, mental health and social care. We look primarily at waiting lists and waiting times and the staffing crisis. It's a solutions driven episode for the National Health Service, Next Thursday there will be an episode on LBJ'S Great Society. 

Now first things first, I have used my AirPods so my audio if fixed. Now with the examining of the New Deal we look at the ideas of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) The Work Progress Administration (WPA) National Recovery Administration (NRA) and Social Security. We look at the structure, their purpose and what is their legacy. We will do a further episode of the idea of the Modern New Deal. But this episode looks at the New Deal done by FDR.