He is no more the a-hole than the network. They thrive on conflict and shouting. If you have ever watched Haines over the years you would know that he does not believe what he spews of late - could be a little influence of his regular co-host - but in general, he is not a fan of the policies on the left. He is just theatre.
Dont forget the republicans. Vietnam War, iraq war, afghanistan war, housing bubble, tax cuts. Hello you can't spend what you don't have! Damn, republicans are even bigger spenders than the democrats!
I differ. CNBC has an amazing array of idiots (with Kudlow being the largest) but Haines is one of the few that actually has independent thought - an attribute he frequently uses to catch a fool he's interviewing who's throwing out false or misleading data. While you may believe this to be intuitive and Mark to be an idiot for sharing facts, it would appear that the reverse is actually true.... While I tend to believe that world economies are going to have a rough time getting their deficits under control - I agree with you that differentiating between fact & opinion is important. R
You mean you're willing to draw this conclusion based on two incidents? Aside from the fact that you and Haines evidently were more than willing to distort the Bush record. Did you forget the bull market we had AFTER the taxes were lowered, along with the ensuing economic boom? AFTER that we had a crash in the stock market, much of which is attributed to the housing/sub-prime mortgage situation. And taxes were raised under Clinton? Have you forgotten the DECREASE in capital gains tax? Or the fact that Clinton followed the boom unleashed by the Reagan years of lower taxes? OldTrader
The so called boom after Bush cut taxes was due mostly to people using their homes as ATM's. If one were to factor out mortgage equity withdrawals as a percentage of GDP, the economy was flat. Tax cuts for the rich do not and have never nor will they ever produce growth as the rich will save a large percentage of the tax cut. Thats it.
I disagree. I really like Mark Haines, most of the male anchors at CNBC are very intelligent. And Mark Haines is 1 of them, he's also a Democrat.
It was Democrats that got us into Vietnam brainstorm!!!!!! Does Kennedy & Johnson ring a bell????? It was Johnson getting us into the Vietnam War by telling us about a Gulf of Tonkin incident that never happened. Oh and btw, it was Democrat administrations that got us involved with wars in WWI, WWII, and Korea. It was Democrats that have sent more Americans to their deaths in war, and have spent more tax payer dollars than any party in our history. You should change your name to failed_history!!!!!