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June 22, 2009 11:25 AM EDT

Home and car buyer credits - more welfare for the rich

The Democrats like to say they're for helping poor people get a level playing field and perhaps even a leg up. The Republicans like to say that they're for preserving your rights and perhaps even honoring the Constitution (though it's a little bit radical among the Republicans to actually use the C-word). Tell me why then, the Democrats want to punish the renters and other non-ownership-class ... read more


February 18, 2009 11:41 AM EST

Gimme Your Thoughts Before We Go On Happy Hour About -- YouTube - #117 - Are We Idiots For Meeting Our Responsibilities?

From the clip's description -- "My blood is boiling at the next project Obama is working on - he will now PAY THE MORTGAGE for the people who can't afford to pay for their homes. Are we fricking idiots for PAYING OUR MORTGAGE ON TIME? Us stupid idiots who are working our asses off to pay all our bills and mortgages now have to pay everyone else's as well? Damn, maybe we should all just stop ... read more


February 11, 2009 09:53 AM EST

Cody Willard, Ron Paul, Peter Schiff and Judge Napolitano on FoxNews.com/StrategyRoom Today at 2pm

I'll be on the honorable Judge Napolitano's Strategy Room show (http://FoxNews.com/StrategyRoom) today from 2 to 2:30pm. The other two guests are Representative Ron Paul from Texas and economist Peter Schiff. What do you guys here on FoxBusiness or in the SpokeUp.com community wanna hear from us? You can also email the show at STRATEGYROOM@FOXNEWS.COM PS. I'm a bit intimidated ... read more


February 6, 2009 11:58 AM EST

Weekend Vittles: Viewers to Government - Leave Us Alone!, Geithner's Owned By the Banks, and Why I'm Bearish...Still and Again

You gotta have it baby, You can't do without When you get that feeling, You gotta sock'em out Put that mike in my hand, And let me kick out the jam Yes ! Kick out the jams, I want to kick' em out -- MC5 Here's what I'll be coughing up in my mind this weekend, as I heal up from this pneumonia/bronchitis thing that hit me this week: * This emailer ... read more


January 9, 2009 03:49 PM EST

Weekend Vittles: Insiders, Cronyism, Bailouts, and Corruption, A Look Back at the First Week of 2009

Here's what I'll be speaking up again about this weekend:

NY Post: NYers Thought Bubbles

This is that confidence that Paulson, Bernanke, and the socialist Republican/Democrat regime in charge thought they'd buy with TARP and the other redistributions of wealth to their cronies that they keep putting over on us? Confidence, indeed.

Obama Taps Killefer for New Post - ... read more


January 4, 2009 11:59 PM EST

Wake Up, Read Up, Speak Up at SpokeUp.com -- Let's Be Heard

As I've been so vocal and adamant against all the forms of corporate welfare (you can call it "bailouts" if you want), I've gotten one question over and over as these two real quotes from my blog comments asked: "What should we do about it?" "What are you, we, going to do about all this?" So many people write to me saying they feel that, now more than ever, they don't have a voice as ... read more


October 9, 2008 11:25 AM EDT

A Little Levity, Anger and Paranoia Go a Long Way In a Depression

Walk along and talk along and live your lives quite freely But leave our children with their toys of peppermint and candy. For seagull I don't want your wings, I don't want your freedom in a lie. Your thoughts they are of harlequin, your speeches of quicksilver, I read your faces like a poem, kaleidoscope of hate words. For seagull I don't want your wings, I don't want your freedom in a ... read more


September 24, 2008 12:09 PM EDT

Don't Buy Stocks Yet, Warren Buffett Isn't

Long-time reader (from even back in my TheStreet.com days actually) emailed me the following this morning: Number 3 from yesterday's post: 3. I think you’re going to have to be more like Warren Buffett than Peter Lynch in your approach to investing for the foreseeable future – that is, wait until they are truly giving stocks away with the odds stacked in your favor ... read more


September 17, 2008 12:11 PM EDT

Dave Ramsey For Treasury Secretary; Or, No I'm Not Buying More Just Yet

Easy does it.  I have not put any more money into the market since the down 500 day on Monday.  Goldman's down 30% in a straight line since I bought it.  That's not fun, even if it's just a toe. As I've said all week -- you might want to START buying here.  Don't draw a line in the sand. We are living through some of the hardest times in our financial markets' history.  Be careful, but ... read more


July 22, 2008 12:33 AM EDT

Go Forward and Execute Each Day; Or, Personally I've Cleaned Thousands of Cages

“The universe unfortunately has a way of course-correcting. You don’t do it because you choose to, you do it because you’re supposed to.” - Ms Hawking, Lost Episode "Flashes Before Your Eyes" Yeah, I watched a lot of Lost during my forced rest and lethargic days the last couple weeks. I do believe it's the best television in the ... read more


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  • Cody Willard is an anchor on the FOX Business Network. Willard is also the principal of an investment management company. He was a long-time featured columnist for the Financial Times and TheStreet.com as well as a regular featured economist and stock picker on CNBC's ''Kudlow & Company."