lagging indicator, too. i think that as the sands shift, it may take more than a few months for people to recognize that the old bull and expansion might be lagging. low unemployment, markets are doing well. we ll see. california, meanwhile, leading 16 other states and washington, d.c., suing the epa over its rollback of obama-era auto emission regulations. lowering the standards will create a divide in the country. about one-third of all drivers would still operate under tougher emissions rules established by california and currently followed by 12 other states. the epa has not commented. automakers have been complaining about the tougher standards they ll have to meet starting in the model year 2022. they re calling for a single national standard. california really controls the automotive industry in terms of sales. after a week of controversial tweets, kanye west took a bizarre turn. listen to what he told tmz about spla
and the reason why i feel like that is because kanye, you re entitled to your opinion, you re entitled to believe whatever you want. but there is fact and real-world, real-life consequence behind everything that you just said. the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives. we have to deal with the marginalization that has come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice. west later took to twitter to clarify his comments saying, of course i know that slaves did not get shackled and put on a boat by free will. my point, he said, is for us to have stayed in that position. even though the numbers were on our side means that we were mentally enslaved. look, kanye west is almost the perfect artist for this generation. he generates publicity with everything he does, positive and in this case very negative. should we pay attention to it? i don t know. does it help him to pay attention?
biggest winners so far are wall street. and they re slamming companies for sharing their tax windfall with investors, not more with employees. analysts warn, they re just pay that just paying shareholders could hurt long-term growth. companies should be investing in new factories and equipment. after a week of controversial tweets, kanye west took a bizarre turn. listen to what he said on tmz live about slavery. you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. like you was there for 400 years, and it s all of y all? you know, like it s like we re we re mentally imprisoned. slavery a choice. west later asked tmz employees, quote, do you feel like i m thinking free and feeling free? that s when van lathan, a tmz employee fired back. i actually don t think you re thinking anything. i think what you re doing right now is actually the absence of thought.
slavery. you hear about slavery for 400 years. for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. like you was there for 4 00 years, all of y all? it s like we re mentally imprisoned. west later asked tmz employees, quote, do you feel like i m thinking free and feeling free? that s when van lathen, a tmz employee, fired back. i don t think you re thinking anything. i think what you re doing now is actually the absence of thought. and the reason why i feel like that is because, kanye, you re entitled to your opinion, you re entitled to believe whatever you want, but there is fact and real world, real-life consequence behind everything that you just said. the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives. we have to deal with the marginalization that has come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice. okay. in this modern, you know, world of how we discuss things, west
i don t know. does it increase his record sales, album sales? let us know what you thin think @earlystart on twitter. let s have a debate. one that you re not into. i just we ll have this debate with i ll have the debate with you. when pop culture people started weighing in on things like 4 years of slavery 400 years of slavery despicable. most leaders are standing by the iran nuclear deal, but the french president says it doesn t go far enough and wants a broader deal. parts a and b and want more coverage, guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn t cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn t pay. so don t wait. call now to request your free