The great HQ migration
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🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Some states are trying to lure companies seeking to move their headquarters by offering a slew of financial perks. We’ll explain how these big relocations can impact local economies and the businesses themselves. And, the House of Representatives passed a defense bill that would restrict transgender medical care for children covered by the military’s health program. We’ll unpack how federal funding for health care can be used as a powerful political tool. Plus, do you dread winter? We’ll get into some tips for embracing the season.
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Transgender Provision Injects Tension Into Defense Vote” from The Wall Street Journal
- “Will Democrats Let the GOP Gut Trans Health Care?” from Rolling Stone
- “Brace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate Headquarters” from Bloomberg
- “9 Ways to Embrace Winter — Even if You Think You Hate It” from Time
- “New Jersey Politician Fakes Spotify Wrapped to Show All Springsteen Songs” from The New York Times
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| 0:00.0 | Enough social calendar. I know, right. Busy, busy, busy. Hello, everyone. I'm Kimberly |
| 0:12.2 | Adams. Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today makes sense. And I'm Amy Scott in for |
| 0:18.2 | Kai Rizdahl. Thanks for joining us this Wednesday. It is December 11th. |
| 0:24.0 | Yes, and today we're going to talk about some news. We're going to bring some smiles as we do. |
| 0:28.6 | Starting with some news, Ms. Amy Scott, what caught your attention today? |
| 0:33.4 | All right. I guess I'll go first. So today the House voted 280 to 140 to pass a version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would prevent transgender children of military service members from receiving medical treatment for gender dysphoria under the military's health insurer |
| 0:55.8 | tri-care. And this is really significant because it's the first time or would be if this passes |
| 1:03.7 | and gets signed, it would be the first time federal law has targeted LGBTQ people in almost 30 years |
| 1:09.7 | since the Defense of Marriage Act was passed in 1996. |
| 1:13.6 | According to the Wall Street Journal, this was a provision that House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted be part of what is traditionally a bipartisan and pretty non-controversial bill. |
| 1:23.6 | But what is even more concerning to transgender advocates like Aaron Reid, who we've had on |
| 1:31.3 | this show before, is that 81 Democrats voted for it. And the journal reports that this bill is |
| 1:38.9 | expected to be fast-tracked to the Senate and President Biden is expected to sign it. |
| 1:46.2 | Though in the past, Biden has promised to veto any legislation that discriminates against transgender people. So we will see what |
| 1:51.8 | happens in the coming days. But this relates to a story that I read yesterday in Rolling Stone |
| 1:57.6 | about the fears that many in the trans community have that Democrats may |
| 2:03.7 | retreat on protecting their rights in the name of compromising with the Republican-led |
| 2:11.8 | Congress that is incoming. |
| 2:14.0 | So reporter J.L. Holtzman reported on the expected effort by Republicans in Congress to ban federal funds from going to businesses that provide gender affirming health care to minors and adults, including, you know, hormones and surgeries. And that would make it very hard for hospitals and clinics to stay in business if they |
| 2:38.0 | chose to continue providing that care. |
| 2:40.6 | And the fears that many would simply choose not to provide those services in order to not |
| 2:46.8 | shut down. |
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