Mark Cuban said raising the federal minimum wage to $20 would be a smart policy, arguing that stronger wages can improve workers’ financial security and reduce dependence on government assistance. Cuban said his view was shaped partly by personal experience after discovering that employees at a company he invested in needed public assistance. He said he was embarrassed by the situation and pushed for workers to receive raises. His broader economic philosophy centers on what he calls “trickle up” rather than trickle-down economics, which he dismissed as ineffective. Under Cuban’s approach, higher wages and greater opportunities for workers to build ownership and wealth can strengthen the economy from the bottom up. He also criticized “eat the rich” rhetoric, arguing that attacking successful people may be politically useful but does little to solve the underlying problems facing workers. Cuban defended entrepreneurs as well, noting that many founders take significant financial risks, accumulate debt and spend years struggling without ever becoming wealthy. He emphasized the importance of small businesses to employment and economic growth, while arguing that successful entrepreneurs often reinvest their wealth by hiring workers, raising wages, funding education and backing new businesses. Cuban’s broader message is that economic policy should focus less on demonizing wealth and more on creating higher wages, ownership opportunities and conditions that allow workers and entrepreneurs to build financial security.

DIVORCE AGREEMENT THIS IS INCREDIBLY WELL-PUT, AND I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT'S WRITTEN BY A STUDENT!!! WHATEVER HE RUNS FOR, I'LL VOTE FOR HIM. Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, and Obama supporters, et al: We have stuck together since the late 1950s for the sake of the kids, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has clearly run its course. Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right for us all, so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way. Here is our separation agreement: Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by land mass, each taking a similar portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that, it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets, since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes. —We don't like redistributive taxes, so you can keep them. --You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. --Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military. --We'll take the nasty, smelly oil industry and the coal mines, and you can go with wind, solar, and bio-diesel. --You can keep Oprah, Whoopi, Bill Maher, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all five of them. --We'll keep capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street. --You can have your beloved lifelong welfare dwellers, food stamps, homeless, homeboys, hippies, druggies, and illegal aliens. --We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEOs, and rednecks. --We'll keep Bill O’Reilly and Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood. --You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. --You can have the peaceniks and war protesters. --When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we'll help provide them security. --We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. --You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, political correctness, and Shirley McLaine. You can also have the UN., but we will no longer be paying the bill. --We'll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Volt and Leaf you can find. --You can give everyone health care if you can find any practicing doctors. --We'll keep "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "The National Anthem." --I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute "Imagine," "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," "Kum Baya," or "We Are the World." --We'll practice trickle-down economics and you can continue to give trickle-up poverty your best shot. --Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name, and our flag. Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like-minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you might think about which one of us will need whose help in 15 years. Sincerely, John J. Wall Law Student and an American P.S. Also, please take George Clooney, Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Short, Charlie Sheen, Barbra Streisand, and (Hanoi) Jane Fonda with you. P.P.S. And you won't have to press 1 for English when you call our country. Forward This Every Time You Get It ! Let's Keep This Going, Maybe Some Of It Will Start Sink in.

Trickle-down was never a plan to help you. It was a plan to help THEM, dressed up as one. Here's the thing: wage growth, strong unions, a higher minimum wage — policies that link pay to productivity — worked in this country for decades, and they can again. Do something about it in November. Vote Blue. 🗳️

🚨🇮🇱 Eisenkot speaks as results continue to trickle in: "I want to address from here all the heads of the defense establishment and the public service. Netanyahu is a transitional prime minister, without a mandate and without trust. Remember that you serve the state and the interests of the citizens of Israel alone. Stand strong and steadfast against any attempt to challenge you. You have my clear backing."

Less ship transits (from a trickle to less than a trickle) but Saudi Oil exported through Hormuz rise - Ok, they stopped making up ship numbers after people figured out numbers were inflated, but they still make up the barrel of crude oil that go through Hormuz 😂