As the fever pitch in town halls across the nation dies down, substantive issues with the current health care proposal remain—concerns the government could replace private insurance with the public option; uneasiness over end-of-life, rationed care; and fear that taxes will rise to pay for the currently uninsured. We continue our health care series with two non-partisan health care experts and open the phones to our listeners’ questions and concerns.
Musician and inventor of the solid-body electric guitar Les Paul has died at the age of 94. Inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and honored as an inventor and broadcaster, Paul won two Grammys at age 90 for "Caravan" and "69 Freedom Special". His name will forever be associated with Gibson's Les Paul model guitar, played by rock'n'roll greats like Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend.
OK, we have a budget deal in California but that doesn’t get to the root of the state's fiscal problems. Is it time to change California's constitution so that the budget process isn't a yearly stalemate? AirTalk goes "on the road" to convene its own Constitutional Convention at the Center for the Preservation of Democracy in downtown Los Angeles. Larry Mantle and guests pick apart the present budget system and make specific proposals to change the way California does business. Community Advocates Inc. co-sponsored this event.
WEB ONLY BONUS: Audience members ask questions of panelists at AirTalk's mock Constitutional Convention at the Center for the Preservation of Democracy in downtown Los Angeles. Larry Mantle and guests pick apart the present budget system and make specific proposals to change the way California does business.
