An Evening with the WSJ's Stephen Moore-OKC

Stephen Moore addresses the crowdStephen Moore addresses the crowd
The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Moore was a guest of AFP-Oklahoma this past weekend. He traveled to here to speak to Oklahomans about national and state issues that face us this year. Election year brings with it many crucial decisions that must be sifted and weighed, and Mr. Moore brought a lot of wisdom and insight to the 150 people who gathered at the Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum on Saturday for AFP-OK’s “An Evening with WSJ’s Stephen Moore.”

The crowd consisted of supporters of AFP, business men, and people who wanted to learn more about AFP, and Stephen Moore. Congresswoman Mary Fallin, along with other candidates for office this year, as well as legislators joined AFP-OK.
Congresswoman Mary FallinCongresswoman Mary Fallin
Stephen talked about the big issues in Congress this year. His focus was on the out of control spending, and the effect that will have on Americans both now and for generations to come.

Mr. Moore told a story of explaining to his son the debt America has entered in to. LeBron James an NBA star makes $40 million a year. To pay off a trillion dollars LeBron would have to play 25,000 seasons! Mr. Moore also recounted his days in the Reagan administration when the first trillion dollar budget was passed. Stephen was tasked with the job of being interviewed by Katie Couric on the Today show. After he spent hours learning the ins and outs of the budget, the only question Katie wanted answered was how many zeroes are in one trillion. At the time he didn’t know, but quickly found out that one trillion has 12 zeroes in it.

Panel discussion with Stephen Moore, Stuart Jolly, and Alan Cobb.Panel discussion with Stephen Moore, Stuart Jolly, and Alan Cobb.
Washington D.C. can take measures to help fix this country, if only the Congress would turn around its habit of out of control spending. The individual citizens of this country can make a difference by voicing their opinions and reminding Congress that they aren’t an infallible group. This November America will go to the polls, and the legislators that will be held accountable for their actions in Congress.