Topics: Social Security
Hovering Helicopter Money
July 14, 2016
The Chief and Lou Michels kick off the show with a discussion about social security. Spoiler alert : They don’t agree.
Next they touch on the national work force participation rate – this time they both bring statistics to back up their views…and they still don’t agree!
The Chief comes prepared to today’s show with a bag full of questions for Lou regarding everything from basic unions to collectively bargained agreements in the NFL.
They finally find common ground when talking about the status of our economy and inflation.
The Future of Labor
May 12, 2016
The Chief and Lou spend the first hour of the show discussing the presidential election. Lou describes why the super delegates were put in place and how they prevent party outsiders like Bernie Sanders from winning the primary. The Chief is concerned with our country’s election practices and thinks we should be shifting to a more democratic system like France. The second hour starts off with Chief’s in-depth analysis of the job numbers which leads to a discussion that takes a close look at our labor practices. The two debate the perks of reinstating a military draft or establishing a volunteer corp draft, as well as whether we’d be better off going to a single payer healthcare system.
Spending Securely
March 29, 2016
Eric Charles May, Author and Professor at Columbia College Chicago, is in-studio talking Chicago’s pension issues, public schools, security budgets and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga tells us how to trade these markets. Then, Kenny Polcari, Director of NYSE Floor Operations at O’Neil Securities and a contributor to CNBC, previews Janet Yellen’s speech.
Navigating The Election
March 10, 2016
Kevin O’Neill and The Chief kick off the show together to try and navigate the chaos which is this election year along with some market talk. Fari Hamzei of Hamzei Analytics joins the show for the second hour to give some advice to young traders before discussing the problems with the U.S. economy and our national debt.
Super Tuesday
March 1, 2016
Jon Najarian of CNBC’s ‘Fast Money’ is in-studio talking Super Tuesday, Donald Trump’s appeal, NFL combine and much more. Joel Elconin of Benzinga talks markets.