Im excited about tonights speakers. And i wanted to remind you of a different time in life. There used to be, as most of you all remember, a sort of a trump card, an ace, an ace you will that any kid on the playground pull when tyranny was afoot when somebody was criticizing their behavior or they were saying its free country kids used to declare, do you remember that its a free country. Thank its a free country. We were part of a collective civil agreement. We all understood that we didnt believe it. We knew it. So an abrupt loss or taking or a surrendering of our freedoms, on your perspective, would have sounded absolutely preposterous, but so did many things we have encountered and are still encountering not being able to buy soap at a mom and pop store down the street a local retailer. But having go to a big box store, being ticketed for fishing in a private pond without a mask, that was dont as a surgical shield. Or a splash shield, deciding if or which experimental drugs you woul
Different time in life. There used to be, as most of you all remember, a sort of a trump card, an ace, an ace you will that any kid on the playground pull when tyranny was afoot when somebody was criticizing their behavior or they were saying its free country kids used to declare, do you remember that its a free country. Thank its a free country. We were part of a collective civil agreement. We all understood that we didnt believe it. We knew it. So an abrupt loss or taking or a surrendering of our freedoms, on your perspective, would have sounded absolutely preposterous, but so did many things we have encountered and are still encountering not being able to buy soap at a mom and pop store down the street a local retailer. But having go to a big box store, being ticketed for fishing in a private pond without a mask, that was dont as a surgical shield. Or a splash shield, deciding if or which experimental drugs you would take into your body or that the department of Homeland Security ma
Speaker and. I wanted to remind you a different time in life there used to be, as most of you all remember, a sort of a trump card ace, an ace, if you will, that any kid on the playground could pull when tyranny was afoot, when somebody was criticizing their behavior, what they were saying. Its a free country. Kids used to declare, you remember that its a free country thing. Its a free country. We were part of a collective civil agreement. We all understood that we believe it. We knew so an abrupt loss or a taking or a surrendering of our depending on your perspective would have sounded absolutely. But so did things that we have encountered in are still encountering not able to buy soup at mom and pop store down the street a local retailer but having to go to a Big Box Store being ticketed for in a private pond a mask that was designed as a surgical shield for a splash shield, deciding if which experimental drugs you would take into your body or that the department of Homeland Security
Have a great weekend. Squawk on the street begins right now. Good friday morning. Welcome to squawk on the street. Were live from the new york stock exchange. Im melissa lee, along with jim cramer and scott wapner. Lets take a look at how were setting up on the u. S. Futures. Its all about the jobs reports for the month of december, a weaker than expected report. Take a look at this, the markets looking at the s p up by three points, the Dow Jones Industrial average looking at about 1. 5 here. In europe, it was really about the fomc minutes yesterday. It looks like a mixed bag, which is marginal changes across the board. The latest snapshot of the economy, 155,000 nonform jobs added in the month of december, with the Unemployment Rate at 7. 8 below consensus. With warmer than normal temps and impact of sandy being felt, how good of a read is this . Goldman sachs upgrades for citi, conviction buy list, stronger bakes have fewer levers to pull in this tough environment. Retail movers, ta
They were five years ago, the uncertainty of obama care, the horrific tax code, less opportunity for people to rise up. Rick, he is criticizing something that happened under his watch. Yeah, heres the problem that i have. First of all, and john will love hearing me say this. Im not sure that government is a big answer. We are all happy to hear you say that. I knew you would be. But heres the problem. Most people analyze this in terms of do you think obamas policies produce growth, antigrowth. Growth is actually not the issue because it only matters if its shared. If a company thats making 14 billion in profits this year makes 20 billion next year, whats the difference if they dont are the benefit . But john, it is kind of the issue because sometimes a rising tide lifts all boats to quote john f. Kennedy, ricks favorite president. If you look at what happened under the reagan term, the lower 20 and the top 20 increased by double digits after those tax rate cuts. Im one of those people w