Squawk Box

More and more the program annoys me. If I want political news I would change the channel. I want business news and this doesn't seem to be possible with Joe Kernan on the show. Joe seems to be more interested in giving his views rather than asking guests their views. I find I watch the show less and less due to the political content. Joe agenda seems to be one of advancing the views of the Republican Party. CNBC do us a favor and get him off.

I've comments from two and three years ago and many of these views were prevalent then. Does CNBC listen to their viewers? I would like to see more of Andrew and Becky.

Why can't anybody entertain a use tax 10% spending tax for the federal government if you use it you pay that way all the drug dealers and all the smugglers and all the illegal workers can pay their fair share and guess what we don't have to pay thousands of dollars to accountants and tax workers to figure out our complicated tax system that is getting worse to figure out every year I'm in South Florida we have thousands of boats not registered to the USA I think that's money in the bank any boat that stays in the USA more than 3 months got to be registered and pay its own tax billions of dollars are lost Cruise ships pay your tax Side note for Joe allow guests to speak at least I'm not calling for your removal like others.

After many years as an avid watcher of Squawk Box and appreciating the news and analysis, have become very disenchanted with Joe Kernan's commentary. Plus he's constantly interrupting CNBC's guests with his own spin and how guest's comments are wrong. Of course, it's good to have different perspectives on a business news channel, but Joe has obviously become a spokesman for Trump's thoughtless, incoherent and offensive spiels, frankly mostly lies!

Becky , Andrew, Steve and the other show's regulars are doing their best to keep the discussions on topic and accurate. And I'm now regularly switching to CNN & MSNBC Morning Joe.

I'm so tired of listening to Joe pontificate on politics rather than provide financial news. He's currently fixated on inflation and never mentions any positives like improving unemployment numbers or the continued rise of the stock market. He trashes Democratic guests on the rare occasion they're invited and throws softballs to the endless parade of Republicans. I change the channel when Joe is on.

Ok, we get it. Quick and Buffett have a mutual admiration society. However, Becky Quick needs to stop genuflecting in the presence of the Great One and start asking some tough questions.

For instance, when is Mr. Buffett going to release his death grip on the billions he has accumulated, thanks to the Bull Market and the Trump tax cuts, and start sharing his profits in the form of dividends with his loyal shareholders? A buyback may raise the share price (and further enrich Mr. Buffett), but if the higher priced shares are sold they are gone. Period!! A dividend would enable shareholders to see their holdings accumulate through additional shares,further increasing the value of their holdings.

Those of us who have been loyal to Mr. Buffett and to Berkshire Hathaway are not children. His lame explanations about why he has been reluctant to declare a dividend are condescending and insulting. And, yes, one could always get rid of the holding if Mr. Buffett persists in guarding his billions with pit bull tenacity...however, how nice it would be as he gets ever closer to retirement, if he were to start paying dividends to those of us who have displayed loyalty to Mr. Buffett and to the stock.

So, Ms. Quick, perhaps Mr. Buffett might be taken aback if you stopped playing softball and confronted him on this issue. It would certainly make the show more interesting than watching the two of you making moon eyes at one another over treacly interviews.

And, by the way, I agree with those viewers who question what her co-anchor, Joe, brings to the table except incoherent rambling. There have to be more competent and knowledgeable moderators somewhere out there.