112: Danny Meyer

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

James and Al reflect on the recent elections and emphasize the need for Democrats to sell their policies in addition to governing. Then, they sit down with CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group Danny Meyer to discuss the current employment situation in our country, creating an environment that puts workers first, and fighting child poverty.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carville.
0:14.1	I'm Al Hunt.
0:15.2	This week we are joined by the CEO of the Union Square Hospitality Group, the famous
0:20.0	Danny Meyer.
0:21.4	And remember, we take your questions each episode so that right to Politics War Room at gmail.com
0:26.8	or send a tweet to atpliticon for next week's show.
0:29.9	We'll get to as many as we can and don't forget to tell us where you're from.
0:34.0	Please check out the links to this week's sponsors, Lost Debate and Blinkist in the show notes.
0:39.7	We thank you for supporting the sponsors.
0:41.6	It really makes this podcast happen.
0:43.8	Please tell your friends about us and remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,
0:48.5	Stitcher or wherever you get your podcast.
0:51.7	James, let me get the bad news out first.
0:54.0	Inflation up more than 6% is a problem for the country.
0:57.3	It's a problem for Democrats politically.
0:59.6	The hope only can be the Goldman Sachs is right.
1:02.8	This is largely attributable to energy and change supply problems and the rate will steadily
1:07.4	come down to below 3% a year from now.
1:10.3	If it doesn't, it's trouble for everybody.
1:13.7	And I would say, you can pick up on that, but the good news.
1:17.0	There is good news.
1:18.0	Congress since our last show passed an infrastructure bill that's going to repair roads, bridges, mass
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