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Warren Buffett: Crazy – Like a Fox

Originally published August 25, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated October 13, 2012. 6 Comments

Warren Buffett: Crazy – Like a Fox

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Time for Warren Buffett to Put Up (or not) and Then…Pipe Down

Originally published August 24, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated August 24, 2011. 2 Comments

Time for Warren Buffett to Put Up (or not) and Then…Pipe Down

  I keep hearing the phrase “out of bullets” from pundits who discuss what options might be available to the central planning crowd in dealing with the economy. It would be nice if these planners’ guns would be totally out of bullets. Unfortunately, as long as central planning ideology maintains its firm grip on politicians […]

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Soaking the Rich: Why Warren Buffett is All Wet

Originally published November 28, 2010, By Linda. Updated November 28, 2010. 1 Comment

Soaking the Rich: Why Warren Buffett is All Wet

There has been a lot of discussion lately about taxing the “rich” among us. In a recent ABC News interview, Nebraska’s own Warren Buffett stole a line from Dickens’ character Oliver Twist — “Please, sir, I want some more.” Oliver, an eight-year-old orphan, sought another portion of gruel at the workhouse where he was brought […]

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