Government Cannot Subsidize USPS, Says Issa

House Oversight Chair Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) tells the Heritage Foundation that the postal service needs to be ran like a business and should not receive a government subsidy. (0:33)

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High Income Families Will Spend Up To 12% Of Their Income On Health Care Coverage

Health care expert Trudy Lieberman says that higher income individuals will have to pay up to 10 or 12 percent of their income to pay for health care coverage, even with federal subsidies in place for lower income people. (0:36)
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International trade specialist says its all about price

Vivian C. Jones, specialist of international trade and finance at the Congressional Research Service, says that public entities or government subsidies help to lower the prices of U.S. goods for consumers. Jones says it is fundamentally about price, especially since U.S. industries claim that imported goods are unfairly priced. Jones says that this makes the U.S. producers unable to compete internationally. (0:35)
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