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California farmers have taken big overseas sales losses thanks to a container shortage, and Phase One Trade Agreement between China and the U.S. ends today.
Basically the money you've lost, you can use -- >> offset the gains. >> -- balance it out. >> yes. capital gains taxes, 15%, as high as 23.8% for some americans. so this is a really important thing to do. >> what about the charitable donations, because we've got a couple of more days to do that, not just the tangible items? >> right. so two things, give stock away, a good idea, highly appreciated stock, if you've made money away, give it away, and it has to be done for the next two days, trading days, december 31, or by december 31, and then give away cash, of course. one interesting way to th...
Bloomberg? >> i'll be enjoying a lifelong dream of enjoying a small soda on a nonsmoking beach. and a way to raise campaign cash. well, senator al franken wrote a poem to help raise money. it was the week before christmas and all through the state attention was focused on one single date. our fund-raising goal that we've set with such care, by 12/31, all the cash must be there, end quote. again, his words. franken is a favorite to win a second term. today's tweet of the day for you comes from country singer scotty mccreery. up early and headed home to start my christmas shopping. last-minu...
>> come on, man. >> you know why? my hokie's threw it away last night against florida state. could have salvaged our season. i thought you were going to poke me on that. i was ready to go. >> you so have that game in your sweaty little hands and it just slipped right through. it's heartbreaking for this north florida guy to see. thank you for bringing it up though. >> you're welcome. anything for you. >> what's happening with the markets today? >> another down day. we've had a good sell-off the last couple of days. some people talk about europe but everybody that we talked to is like, listen, ...
It has gotten to the point where it is partisan bickering. it is the people that put our government into power. and they seem to have forgotten that. >> to that point, you bring up the point that house republicans initially were against a one-year extension. now they're for this one-year extension. how do they get out of this trick bag? are there backs up against the wall and they will inevitably end up voting for this senate agreement? >> well, they're going to end up extending the pay roll tax cut. whether it is for two months or 12 months. but there are all sorts of proposals on the table r...