Comments by "yankee2 yankee" (@yankee2yankee216) on "CNBC Television" channel.

  1. Can they afford it? Do they ask that question when purchasing steel, glass, rubber or plastic? They negotiate the best price they can get. They look for cheaper alternatives. But they don’t (usually? always?) demand that suppliers demand less! There are good reasons that tires and car parts cost more and more every year, and there are good reasons labor demands better pay, benefits and working conditions. Their very lives are at stake. If they are not paid well, families will suffer. Yes, sometimes Labor asks too much, but without unions, capital would have people working for peanuts, i.e. subsistence, perhaps SLAVE wages! Which is to say, if management refuses to negotiate honestly, and give workers what they need to live respectable lives, they will play hardball, and shoot for everything they can get. What management needs to learn is that workers are people, who need to be treated as people, not as commodities.
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  2. We must not submit to EXTORTION! We should NOT sacrifice the poor! We should REJECT the debt ceiling bill.
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  3. It’s hard to “keep the comments respectful,” when the topic of the comment is so UNWORTHY OF RESPECT!
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  4. At last! And let’s hope this is ONLY THE BEGINNING! His more serious charges are yet to be made, however, financial fraud, which is apparently what the 34 charges are all about, is a serious charge. There is still the hush money (Stormy Daniels) case, the classified documents case, the Georgia election fraud case, and most serious of all, the Jan. 6 2022 insurrection case, any and all of of which should get him a LOT of prison time. Even the least of his anticipated charges, having ordered the crimes which Michael Cohen was convicted of, and which got Cohen over 3 years of prison/home confinement time,SHOULD GET TRUMP AT LEAST AS MUCH PRISON! If Trump DOESN’T get prison/home confinement for at least 3 years JUST for the Stormy Daniels case, THAT will be a glaring injustice, and proof of favoritism by the courts. When we add the more severe penalties the other charges carry, Trump should be in prison for the rest of his worthless life. I for one hope he ROTS IN PRISON. LOCK - HIM - UP!!!
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  5. This, Biden relinquishing his candidacy, and so all hope of another term, was a sacrifice befitting a great leader. Joe Biden put country sharply ahead of his own personal interest. Would Trump ever do that??? HAH! Not a chance. TRUMP DOESN’T CARE ABOUT AMERICA (all he cares about is his use of it to make himself phenomenally rich and powerful). THAT MUST NOT BE PERMITTED. Trump is genuinely insane. We know that. To let Trump take the reigns would be social/economic/political suicide. I do not exaggerate when I say that to do that might lead directly to the end of civilization…
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  6. Harris is an excellent candidate, but any good candidate should be able to beat a fascist!
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  7. Good points. The GOP is INFAMOUS for double standards, among other dirty tricks! In fact I believe that if it were not for dirty tricks of one kind or another (e.g. double standards, deflection, gerrymandering, voter suppression, lies and confusion, to name just a few), Republicans would not have won a single major election in 50 years.
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  8. I know little about the stock market, but I have made some observations. One is that the market always comes back, eventually, and usually within 2-3 years. Another is, buy when everyone else is selling, and stock prices low. It may be difficult to know when the bottom has been hit, but most investments made after a crash will rise again… and when they return to pre-crash values, they will be very profitable. So the key is to 1) make good investments, 2) buy when everyone else is selling, and prices low, and 3) hold on for dear life! It will always seem that the market will never recover, but it always does, and if one’s investments were wise (e.g. in a growing field, or diversified), they will recover, and probably be worth far more than was paid for them. One other key: don’t buy stocks in companies likely to fail in a downswing…
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  9.  @fastshuther  Your first question, if I am not mistaken, should be “what are the negative impacts of NOT raising the debt ceiling?”
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  10. Correct, I suppose, with one major exception… when the companies you invest in fail. For that kind of strategy, i.e. buying low and selling high, across a downturn, you want recession-proof investments. Otherwise, all your profits may be offset by all your losses!
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  11. Biden will always be a godfather to the next administration, and I will approve it (for what its worth), so long as Kamala doesn’t adopt Joe’s position on Israel. That would be a serious blow to honest foreign policy. I hope the next administration will better understand which side are the aggressors, and which the victims.
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  12. Since Joe (heroically) decided against running, I feel much more optimistic about the future of America!
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  13.  @tww7822  The decision was, unequivocally, his, and he sacrificed his dream of a second term for the sake of the nation. Biden had a lifelong dream of becoming POTUS, and a second term would have been his crowning glory. However, knowing that his chances might be slim, and both America and democracy at stake, he sacrificed himself. THAT is the true definition of a hero.
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