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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMorning Joe Asks Howard Schultz How Much a Box of Cheerios Costs. He Does Not Know.
by Ken Meyer | Jan 30th, 2019, 9:32 am
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was asked a question on MSNBC Wednesday that may shed some light on how well he connects with the little things Americans tend to notice in their everyday lives.
The billionaire was on Morning Joe to continue his media tour and further elaborate on his proposed plan to run for president in 2020 as a centrist independent. As Schutlz described himself as someone who understands the American people, Mika Brzezinski surprised Schultz with what should not be a tough question: How much does an 18 ounce box of Cheerios costs?
Schultz was stumped on that one, telling the MSNBC hosts he had no idea while Brzezinski laughed as she filled him in.
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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/morning-joe-asks-howard-schultz-how-much-a-box-of-cheerios-costs-he-does-not-know/
Video at link, above
dubyadiprecession
(5,722 posts)samnsara
(17,635 posts)Shell_Seas
(3,335 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)I'd have been stumped with that question. I still think he's likely out of touch with managing a family on a modest income, but that level of specificity isn't the trap that nails him on that point.
rsdsharp
(9,201 posts)She buys them -- and not the 18 oz size; that would last about 3 days. I have no idea what they cost.
gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)dozen eggs, gallon of milk, cereal, 3 pound block of cheese, 1 lb of hamburger, 12 pack toilet paper, and see if he has a ballpark sense of how much that would cost
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)Even "how much does it cost to feed a family of four for a week?" would give a lot of information. That number is going to have a lot of variables, but still fall within a range that makes sense to most people.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)My chickens provide eggs, I never buy cheese in that amount, dont eat meat or drink milk.
Toilet paper I could maybe answer, but I dont pay much attention to it lol.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)on my way to the other items that I do buy located in the same aisle. And I do look over to see what national brand and store brand costs on occasion.
Fuzzpope
(602 posts)What's your point? This ain't about you.
blm
(113,091 posts)Cheerios is a common starter food for most toddlers.
PS:I am a mother to 1 and an aunt to 91 nieces and nephews.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)The ONLY time in my life when I bought cheerios with any regularity was 28 years ago when I had a toddler. So I've bought no more than 10 boxes of Cheerios in my life (and probably more like 2).
I don't eat breakfast - never have - so aside from that very brief period in my life I would have no reason to know the price of a box of cheerios.
blm
(113,091 posts)Many issues are important and addressed during an election even when they are relevant to a portion of the population. In this instance it is relevant to a large portion of working families.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)to consume breakfast cereals.
I would expect people running for president to have a basic knowledge of how much it takes to feed a family of 4, for example. I would not expect them to know the price of individual items that might (or might not) occupy that food basket - unless they have personal experience buying them on a regular basis.
blm
(113,091 posts)understand what is relevant to them in THEIR daily lives.
Grocery costs matter. They certainly did in my family as a child. We were the poor Irish Catholic family with 12 kids. Which explains the 91 nieces and nephews. Heheh.
As always.....You are welcome to believe other thoughts on the subject.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)I.e. expecting them to know the basic cost of groceries to feed the average family is reasonable. Picking out a single item and insisting that they if they do not know the price of that item they are out of touch/failed to do their homework, etc. is not.
sandensea
(21,665 posts)You'll recall that during the '92 campaign, Bush's people began making an effort to make the president look less out-of-touch (as if such a thing were possible).
What ensued was one of the great political gaffes of the modern era:
Merlot
(9,696 posts)then no problem.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)to buy cereal.
Remember that Trump said you needed an iD to buy cereal.
at140
(6,110 posts)food value and most are loaded with sugar.
I eat mostly generic brand oats, which are less expensive, have no sugar.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)But he's still an out of touch, self-absorbed businessman that has no business in politics. I bet he knows exactly what a cup of coffee cost before Starbucks came on the scene. Now what is it? $3.00 at Starbucks?
Clash City Rocker
(3,398 posts)Youd expect it to be $3-5, right? To be fair, a better question would have been the cost of a gallon of milk, since not everyone eats cereal. He probably doesnt know that either.
mitch96
(13,924 posts)He doesn't know... neither do I... stupid question.. I don't eat morning cereal so to me it's a moot point.. duh.. I still don't llike plutocrats in gov't though..
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)I don't eat cereal but would have answered "Mika I eat scrambled eggs in the morning and 18 jumbo free range costs less than $3 for 18, sausages cost $8 at Costco for a box that lasts 2 weeks, onions, cheese, mushrooms, not that much."
Anybody who can't answer a soft ball question like that shouldn't be elected to City Council let alone President.
MrGrieves
(315 posts)Knowing the exact amount isnt important. You can answer the question and show you are not out of touch without knowing particulars if.... You are not out of touch.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)The takeaway being that he is out of touch. A very similar question hurt HW Bush badly in the 92 election. Whether or not you actually eat breakfast cereal is completely irrelevant.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)Ohiogal
(32,066 posts)another member of the clueless Billionaire Boys Club f-ing up our country, Schultz you Asshole.
mucifer
(23,565 posts)to hate him than not knowing about the cost of cereal.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)by her interns......"
spanone
(135,876 posts)DemKittyNC
(743 posts)to protect Billionaire interests. I think the question was very appropriate in order to shine the light on the fact that we do not need another person running this country who can not related to 98% of its population. He would be just another tRump!
IronLionZion
(45,530 posts)There was a show with a gotcha question like this for how much does a NYC subway ride cost. Jennifer Lopez had no idea but billionaire Michael Bloomberg knew.
EleanorR
(2,395 posts)Or, does he think the grocery store will give you a box or two on credit while you wait for a tyrant to reopen the government?
Maeve
(42,288 posts)Better question would have been a loaf of store-brand bread...that I can tell you for a variety of stores.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)All questions like this are meaningless, unless you first establish that the item being asked about is something regularly consumed by the person you're attempting to "gotcha."
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)are promising people "free jobs". What in hell is a free job?
SunSeeker
(51,703 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)The two questions he should have asked. The first is his net worth, and the second is how much federal taxes (all sources) he pays.
I think the answers would be enlightening.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)because Starbucks is a publicly traded company and he is a major shareholder. Or rather, the amount of Starbucks shares he holds is public information. If he has other assets, they might not all be public.
His tax returns are not.
But I agree with you, he should divulge his tax returns if he stays in the race.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Maeve
(42,288 posts)$5 for Multi-Grain
Ok, I did google it to make sure--I haven't bought them regularly for 20 years or more, but I have a fair memory for prices I see in passing and that would have been my guess
A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)redwitch
(14,947 posts)I just had a bowl. Rarely buy them but they just sounded good to me. Second box went to local food pantry. Mika pays NYC prices.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,377 posts)So the price of a box of Cheerios would have been a guess for me anyway!
Caliman73
(11,744 posts)The smaller sizes do cost around 3.79 to 3.99. The larger "Family Size" can cost 5.79.
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)The specials being run at the grocery store and any coupons which are available. It might be a loss leader for a grocery. The manufaciter might bundle it's purchase with other items in an incentive.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)But it seems that is probably on the low side.
I wonder if Schultz was forced to give some kind of answer, what his guess would have been.
Amishman
(5,559 posts)To expose how disconnected our ruling elites are.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Its odd to see so many DUers in the thread completely miss the point.
Sorceress
(309 posts)Nah, I don't eat cereal either and I know how much it costs. You don't have to consume a product to have a general idea of its price point.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)No Cheerio's gotchas for Trump old pal.
A few days later, CNN reported that MSNBC officials were concerned about Scarboroughs friendship with Trump and his increasingly favorable coverage of the candidate. According to CNN, MSNBC insiders called Scarboroughs admiration for Trump over the top and unseemly. The Washington Post observed that Trump received a tremendous degree of warmth from the show, and that his appearances on the show, in person and over the phone, often felt like a cozy social club.
That coziness was caught on tape during an MSNBC town hall with Trump in New York that Scarborough and Brzezinski hosted in February 2016. An unaired clip of banter between Brzezinski and Trump in-between segments revealed the two of them colluding about what questions shed ask him. Nothing too hard, Mika, Trump says. OK, she responded.
Even after Trumps most disgusting and troublesome traits were revealed to the entire country throughout the campaign his abuse of women, his attacks on Latinos, immigrants, Muslims, and people with disabilities, his profound ignorance of basic issues and government policy, and the corruption and scandals surrounding Trump University and the Trump foundation Scarborough (and to a lesser extent Brzezinski) continued to lend Trump their support.
Thanks for all the normalizing, MSNBC bastards.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,054 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)28 years ago, when my daughter was eating them as a baby, I could have told you.
But it's a meaningless question, unless you first confirm that the person you are asking would have some reason to know (i.e. they - or someone in their family - actually consumes them)
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)It does not necessarily mean anything more than that one has no reason to buy Cheerios - like quite a few people in this thread (most of whom are not out of touch).
Find something he does consume on a semi-regular basis and ask him the price of that. If he can't answer that question, then I'll buy that he's out of touch.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)Read through this thread - there are a number of people in this thread who would similarly be unable to answer that question.
I'm not saying that he's in touch - chances are that he isn't, given his position. Just that the Q&A about the price of Cheerios is not relevant to establishing that characteristic (unless you first establish that he, or someone in his family actually consumes Cheerios).
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)You seem really invested in defending him .
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)I am challenging the unwarranted conclusions being drawn from a gotcha question. I would make the same challenges had Harris (for example) stumbled when she was asked the price of something she does not regularly consume.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Cereal is a staple. Like milk and bread. Most regular people know within a buck or two what those items cost. Perhaps Schultz isnt the only one out of touch?
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)I know milk, but only because I buy it once a year to make potato soup. But for my annual open house at which the potato soup is served, I wouldn't know the price of milk, either.
You make too many assumptions about what everyone eats. No one in our family eats cereal. No one in our family drinks milk. My spouse eats bread - she buys it herself. I can't even recall the last time I bought a loaf of bread - I can tell you it is measured in years, not weeks or months. When you draw conclusions based on unverified assumptions, those conclusions are inherently questionable.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Even as a child I ate it rarely.
Guess I am also out of touch.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I do buy milk as a treat for my cats, but my beverages are tea of all sorts, coffee, juice, water, beer, fruit smoothies, the occasional bourbon.
But I have never fit in lol. Im cool with that.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)He's a billionaire running to protect his big tax cut.
The point is not what he consumes. It is what most ordinary people consume. I'm sure he knows the price of an once of caviar but most of us common folk don't consume that. I don't eat cereal regularly but know how much it costs.
If someone wants to be President of all the people, he or she should at least attempt to educate themselves as to the lives of all the people.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)Based solely on that fact?
We're not ordinary people because we don't consume Cheerios? (I've purchased no more than 10 boxes of Cheerios in my life - and more likely no more than 2)
As I said in another post, I would expect someone running for president to educate himself about the general costs to feed a family of 4 (as the size that seems to most frequently be picked out). I would also expect him to know the range of living costs (say between Midwest v. East or West coasts) I don't expect him to know the price of individual items in a weekly food basket - because everyone's baskets will be different. Our family basket would not include any cereal at all. And the last time I looked at the price of Cheerios was 28 years ago when my daughter was an infant. I have no clue what it costs currently to purchase a box of Cheerios.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)this is about Schultz, not about you.
And he should know the price of items like a loaf of bread or a quart of milk or a box of cereal if he wants to be President of all the people.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)It is about the practice of drawing conclusions about whether one is in touch, or not, based on questions that even many on DU acknowledge they cannot answer.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)He is an out of touch billionaire looking to protect his tax cut and screw the Democratic party.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)But his inability to declare the price of Cheerios is completely irrelevant to that question.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)the fact he is out of touch.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)if knowing the price of Cheerios is an essential element of being in touch.
Personally, I keep track of the prices for the things that are staples for me (dried beans, cheese, tuna, greens, nuts) - there is no real point for me to keep track of an item I would not - in a quarter of a century - eat. That's not an illustration that I'm out of touch - it is an illustration of a diabetes-based dietary restriction that prohibits me from any significant carb consumption.
I have no reason to know the price of Cheerios - so I don't. I have no idea why Schultz doesn't - it may be because he eats Cheerios but has a personal shopper (suggesting he is out of touch); it may be becasue he doesn't eat Cheerios (based on preference or dietary restriction) (which says nothing at all about whehter he is in touch or not - it is simply a reflection of the reality that Cheerios is not in his diet).
So not - it is not (without additional information) an illustration that he is out of touch.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)But Schultz is.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)with whether you are running for President.
If knowing the price of a box of Cheerios is an essential element of being in touch, it is for everyone. Not just for those running for president.
Find a better test. If he's really out-of-touch (as I suspect he is), find a realistic test - or other evidence - that supports that assertion.
Don't rely on a nonsensical question that only people who eat breakfast cereals (or who buy for family members who eat breakfast cerials) would have reason to know - unless you first establish he falls into one of those categories.
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)and whether you like it or not it is an illustration that he is out of touch with common people.
Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)There are plenty of reasons to hate Schultz, and it would almost certainly be pretty easy to establish he is out of touch with what the average American goes through.
But a "gotcha" question isn't how you do it.
Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)sl8
(13,886 posts)Last edited Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:30 PM - Edit history (1)
Of course, the importance of knowing the price of a good breakfast goes without saying -- it's apparent to any student of history that all the best Presidents did their own grocery shopping. Just look at Lincoln, both Roosevelts, Truman - they all knew the price of a good breakfast cereal.
If any you hippies out there doubt that a bowl of Cheerios make for a good breakfast, I have just one thing to say to you:
What's good for General Mills is good for America.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)"Um ... somewhere between 2 and 6 dollars, not quite sure on today's prices"?
I mean ... nobody is expecting the guy to go '$3.79, according to the last Safeway flyer I got', ya know?
To not even be able come up with a reasonable guess ... is pretty illuminating, IMHO.
sl8
(13,886 posts)Who gives a rat's ass about some trivia question about some random consumer product that some peple buy?
What about taxes? What about civil rights? What about the US role in the world?
How does knowledge of the price of Cheerios compare?
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)Any figure I named would just be a wild guess - I literally have not looked at the price of Cheerios for more than a quarter of a century.
I have had no reason to look at the price of Cheerios (or any other breakfast cerial) for at least that long - and it's kind of offensive to suggest that knowing the price of a specific breakfast cereal is an essential ingredient of being in touch with everyday life.
FWIW, I spend between $5 and $7 per day on food (typically closer to $5), so it's not like I'm living high on the hog. I just dont' eat now (and never have eaten) breakfast cereal. My sole exposure to the cost of Cheerios was more than a quarter of a century ago, when I had a small child who ate them.
Midwestern Democrat
(806 posts)really been able to name the price of any grocery item - for the simple reason that he never did the grocery shopping - my mother did.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,341 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)My answer would be $1.99 - $4.99 depending on the store and sale.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)Its weird to see DUers defending Schultz on this.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Milk, eggs, cereal, bread.
Should be able to come up with something other than deer in headlights, lol.
Ms. Toad
(34,091 posts)If I do go down the aisle because there is something at the other end of the aisle I am heading toward, I'm not looking at shelf-tags as I go buy. I have no reason to know that information - so why bother to collect it.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I have no idea what the answer is.
It was a dumb question.
Having said that, he's still an asshole.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)I don't memorize the cost of each individual item I buy.
If you ask me how much weekly groceries cost, now we are talking.
BannonsLiver
(16,457 posts)At the end of the day thats the number that matters most.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)This guy is a tool.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Do you never go to the grocery store? Do you never wander the aisles and notice prices?
Whether you buy a thing or not, it does show that you're out of touch if you don't have an idea what a common item like a box of cereal costs.
Sid
Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)Most people are not running for President. If Sergeant Schultz wants to be President, he needs to know more about the lives of the people he wants to lead. His 'I know nothing' responses just expose him as the out of touch elitist that he is.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)+1
Sid
Decoy of Fenris
(1,954 posts)Pick it up on the way home, never have to go in the store. I've never had a particular need to know what Cheerios cost, as I never buy them. If that makes me out of touch, then so be it.
No, it doesn't. There are all sorts of common items in touch people buy and don't buy.
He's out of touch because he's a billionaire who doesn't want the extreme rich to be taxed more not because he doesn't know what a box of Cheerios costs.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Folks seem defensive because they dont know the answer to the question either, and dont seem to understand why the question is valid
Seems to me Starbucks branded themselves as a you deserve a special treat for yourself niche ( so pay up)
He should by that measure alone have a better understanding of the average consumer and what they spend on a very commonly consumed item
GusBob
(7,286 posts)The sell a cereal and oat milk latte
The cereal powder is composed of the exact same ingreadients as guess what?
Cheerios
OhZone
(3,212 posts)so I don't eat cereal often, but I have a ballpark idea.
You should hear my Uncle Nick talk about how cheap cereal was when he grew up! ha
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)And the "I'm not paying $4 for a box of cereal" arguments in the grocery store. This was the late 80s/early 90s.
Yet I just bought 2 (store brand) cereals for $1.50 each at Wegman's last week.
SweetieD
(1,660 posts)Was close to 5 dollars a box.
I imagine though if he guessed he would have said something extreme like 50 cents or 20 dollars.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)would be if he knows what percent of the nation's wealth is owned by the richest 1 percent of Americans. (Answer: just over 38 percent)
That is something he should be expected to know.
MineralMan
(146,331 posts)My educated guess was $3 for a box of Cheerios. I just looked it up. I was right. I regularly shop in supermarkets, so I have a decent idea of the cost of food.
The point is that Schultz has no idea what anything costs. He doesn't buy stuff like that. Someone else does. I doubt he has pushed a supermarket shopping cart through a supermarket in years, if ever.
He has no idea what a box of cereal costs. And that's a problem. He is out of touch with consumer reality. Ask him how much an average new car costs in the United States. He'd probably say something like $50,000. He doesn't know that new cars are available in a price range starting at about $15,000. He simply has no idea.
Like most wealthy people, the actual cost of goods and services are not a concern for him. He doesn't know, because it doesn't matter to him in any real way.
NatBurner
(2,640 posts)in other words go away, howard
DavidDvorkin
(19,486 posts)I might look at it in the store, but I don't remember it.
AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)Perspective.
miyazaki
(2,249 posts)You would think. Apparently i'm bad wrong.
johnp3907
(3,733 posts)I always just throw what I want into the basket.
dameatball
(7,399 posts)grumpyduck
(6,261 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)My God breakfast cereal is expensive.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,898 posts)or any other cereal, costs.
Someone like Schultz had probably not been inside a grocery store in decades. People like that don't do their own grocery shopping. He probably doesn't buy his own underwear, either.
I understand the essential point about how out-of-touch he and other gazillionaires are. This would be even more true of the Donald.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)A wealthy candidate IS going to be asked that question in one form or another, early on.
Stupid not to be ready for it.
And shocking that he couldn't punt.
"Well, I can tell you the price of a good cuppa joe, and where to get one!"
spooky3
(34,477 posts)answered something like, I have to watch my carbs, but I can tell you that a dozen eggs go for $3-7, depending on whether you want organic, free range, or not.
karynnj
(59,504 posts)I bought many a box when I had small children, but that's not something I buy now. In addition, I could not answer precisely the cost of the cereals I do buy. Why? The difference in cost between the healthy cereals available are sufficiently small that I don't look at the cost. Yes, I KNOW many people will make a choice based on a difference of less than a dollar and that I am fortunate that I don't have to that even as a non billionaire.
He could have said something like less than $5. This is a gotya question - with different grocery store products.
Blue Owl
(50,501 posts)n/t
grantcart
(53,061 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)sl8
(13,886 posts)Seriously, I'd be hard pressed to come up with a worse question. We could ask:
What role should the United States play in NATO/United Nations?
Explain the Federal Reserve and its relationship to the federal government.
When can the President apply military force or kill people , with or without Congressional approval
What role should the federal government play in healthcare?
What role should the federal government play in gun control?
( Any number of civil rights questions.)?
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.
.
.
.
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How much does a box of Cheerios cost?
It's just so hard to rate the importance of all these questions.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I don't eat cereal for breakfast. I could guess on a dozen eggs, but I'd probably be wrong. I make out a grocery list of what I NEED, and that is what I buy. I use coupons, too.
This is a stupid question, IMHO.
Vinca
(50,304 posts)have no idea what it's like to enter a grocery store, select a grocery cart, fill it with what you need for the week, organize your coupons, take advantage of sales and sometimes have to scan your own items and bag them at the checkout. They're clueless. Consuela just produces their dinner on a plate - or cereal in a bowl - and takes it away when they're done. This idiot also has no idea that people actually pay for the privilege of having Medicare. He thinks we're all a bunch of spongers who want everything for free.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)and telling questions to ask other than how much a box of Cheerios costs. We can agree to disagree.
trixie2
(905 posts)and can tell you at least 3 stores and their varying prices.
I don't know if this is out of touch or my woman does the shopping.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,856 posts)has any concept the cost of food for ordinary working stiffs. He should have been ready for that sort of question. If he doesn't know how much a box of Cheerios costs because he doesn't buy it, he should be prepared to say something to the effect of, "I don't know because I don't eat cereal for breakfast; I have bacon, eggs, toast and orange juice," and then recite the prices of a pound of bacon, a dozen eggs, a loaf of bread and a bottle of orange juice. The fact that he (or you) don't know the price of Cheerios in particular isn't important; knowing the price of basic food for a family is.
ret5hd
(20,521 posts)then went to target.com and checked...$4.59
The question REALLY is: do you have any true idea of the cost of feeding a family, do you ever shop for yourself, do you have a feel for what it costs to just survive in todays world.
Shultz's correct answer really was: No, I don't. I occasionally hear the maids and groundkeepers speaking amongst themselves, and if they are speaking English they sometimes are discussing their costs of living, but I realize I never have to worry my pretty head about that kind of stuff so I yell "You got time to lean you got time to clean!!!" and they shuffle off to do what they were supposed to be doing in the first place.
tavernier
(12,401 posts)only because I know I can get the same knock off at Aldi for half.
Kaleva
(36,343 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)in the supermarket? -even with the number of kids they have.
What is their combined annual income? Net worth?
There is a smoke and mirror element here -millionaires masquerading as "of the people" while they illustrate that a billionaire may be out of touch with the people over whom he wants to preside.
The question for Schultz to answer is: How does a government DIFFER from a business.
If a corporate exec/entrepreneur can answer this in detail that person may potentially be a decent public servant-and it that case I would suggest starting the political career with a lower level office in order to get some practical experience.
former9thward
(32,082 posts)And I am not a billionaire. What a dumb question. And they only reason Brzezinski knows is that she asked the question and was supplied the answer by some college intern who went to a store to find out.