Election Reactions; Consumer credit; Master of Sex
Election Reactions
Californians voted down all five of the budget-related ballot measures yesterday, leaving the state to deal with a $21 billion budget gap. The only measure the passed was Proposition 1F, which prohibits pay increases for state officials when California is running a deficit. In other races, Carmen Trutanich defeated Jack Weiss in the race for L.A. City Attorney, and Judy Chu beat out Gil Cedillo for the 32nd Congressional seat. The morning after the election, Larry goes over what propositions and candidates were victorious and what that means for you.
Charge It!
Consumers may be saying that a whole lot more as the Senate passed a bill on Tuesday to put new restrictions on the credit card industry. The primary focus of the bill is to restrict companies from raising interest rates on existing balances. According to statistics cited by the White House credit card debt has increased by 25 percent in the last decade. Will this new bill alleviate the burden from consumers or is it just a temporary fix to a long term problem? Larry gets the experts to weight in.
Masters of Sex
Many aspects of human sexuality were a mystery before the scientific research of William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Through thousands of laboratory studies, the couple explored issues like sexual dysfunction and female sexuality. In his book "Masters of Sex," author Thomas Maier profiles the team that changed how people understood and engaged in sex. He also examines their secretive personal lives, detailing how the couple divorced after twenty years of marriage amid accusations of betrayal and infidelity. Larry Mantle is joined by author Thomas Maier and Virginia Johnson to talk about the book.