But Democratic leadership has, once again, folded to Republicans without attempting to fight for us.
Senate Democrats just killed the push today for $2000 checks.
A few Senators--namely Sanders and Markey--wanted to hold up the NDAA as leverage to push for a vote on $2000.
Democratic leadership rejected this--including Vice President elect Harris.
But Democratic leadership has, once again, folded to Republicans without attempting to fight for us.
a.) Find another leverage against McConnell and Senate Republicans
b.) Take McConnells offer on the combined bill of $2000 checks and Trump wishlist items
This is precisely why Sanders & Markey wanted to hold it up as leverage.
Dem leadership better have a Plan B if they are serious about helping people.
But I ask how she proposes to actually get Senate Republicans to agree to $2000 payments when McConnell refused a clean bill, and while shooting down potential leverage on this today
And they wouldn’t have to resort to holding up the NDAA as leverage to do so.
Which is why it’s incredibly important for Georgians to vote for Warnock and Ossoff in the upcoming runoff election.
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I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
Ironies of Luck https://t.co/5BPWGbAxFi
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"Luck is the flip side of risk. They are mirrored cousins, driven by the same thing: You are one person in a 7 billion player game, and the accidental impact of other people\u2019s actions can be more consequential than your own."
I’ve always felt that the luckiest people I know had a talent for recognizing circumstances, not of their own making, that were conducive to a favorable outcome and their ability to quickly take advantage of them.
In other words, dumb luck was just that, it required no awareness on the person’s part, whereas “smart” luck involved awareness followed by action before the circumstances changed.
So, was I “lucky” to be born when I was—nothing I had any control over—and that I came of age just as huge databases and computers were advancing to the point where I could use those tools to write “What Works on Wall Street?” Absolutely.
Was I lucky to start my stock market investments near the peak of interest rates which allowed me to spend the majority of my adult life in a falling rate environment? Yup.
