Economy

But give my daddy a job cause he needs one Hes got lots of mouths to feed But if youve got one, I'll have a machine gun So I can scare all the kids down the street Father christmas, give us some money We got no time for your silly toys We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over Give all the toys to the little rich boys -- The Kinks The liars and crooks who run the investment banks ... read more

My own version of Sunday Comics -- How are all these ad-hoc rules and bail outs supposed to create confidence, again?: - [The credit agencies]: "I'm not going to so my math homework. Look at these unsolved problems. Here's a number in mortal combat with another. One of them is going to get subtracted. But why? What will be left of him? If I answered these, it would kill the suspense. ... read more

So the Treasury/Fed/Administration is now giving the last $15 billion of the Wall Street Welfare Fund called TARP to the the to bail out the guys who TOOK RISK by buying stock or lending money to the auto industry, or the "blue collar" folks who work there making six figures every year. Perhaps the single biggest lie that these socialist Republican/Democrat bureaucrats tell you is that they can ... read more

The economy is in bad shape and as I’ve outlined repeatedly, the socialist Republican/Democrats that you guys keep voting into power are not going to be able to fix any of it. Remember always that the only thing that makes stocks go up in the long run is profits. And profits don’t come from the government. They come from you and me. And until the government gets at least ... read more

Here's a winning formula for our society, wouldn't you agree? Let's entrust our politicians to regulate an industry, then have the heads of that industry become the bureaucrats who are entrusted to carry out those regulations, and when things go wrong from all that cronyism, let's have give tons of welfare money to the giant corporations in that industry which can then use that money to donate to ... read more

Freedom, lord what a funny word, We search for it just like some kind of fool, Woman leaving home, man sits there all alone, Little child is paying all the dues -- The Allman Brothers I know most pundits and politicians and the company executives they cater too are all convinced that going into the markets and borrowing hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars that are then going ... read more

Here's an email I just got from a long-time friend, colleague and reader of mine: Hey, Cody, Did you see this? Two central bank officials, speaking at the annual economic forum in Beijing said exports shrank in November.  This is compared to Bloomberg estimate of +14.8% and the October reading of +19.2%.  A decline in exports would be the first since June 2001. Not sure if it ... read more

I got back late Saturday night, after Lobo and I fought delays on American Airlines for hours in Dallas. Even as I had such a terrific time in Ruidoso (and of course in LA as I became the second person from my kindergarten class of 28 students in Ruidoso, NM to be a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno -- click here to see the clip), I was excited to get back to NYC and ... read more

Fox sent me a questionnaire to fill out about my hometown as we broadcast live from Ruidoso, NM where I lived from the age of 1 til 23 when I moved to NYC.  We'll be broadcasting live at the Win, Place and Show honkey tonk bar on main street during Happy Hour today from 5-6pm EST. It has been so much fun to come home to Ruidoso with NYC-career people...weird, but I suppose juxtaposing Win, ... read more

One of the head Illuminati crooks who have destroyed our economy by lying to everybody about their assets and earnings for years, Vikram Pandit, the CEO of the largest new welfare institution in the country, Citigroup, was on Charlie Rose last night. I don't know why Charlie Rose was so nice to this guy who just took billions of dollars in welfare for his rich shareholders and their lenders.  ... read more