Friday, June 26, 2015

Your pension could be $800,000 not $200,000

Are you maximizing your pension--$800,000 vs $200,000?
Study show the average investor earned just 3.69% using a paid advisor while using a market index returned over 10%. Over a lifetime, your pension might be $800,000 not average $200,000. Use the Buffett strategy—mutual funds he recommends for you. Maximize your money: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZL_nV-Gh-s

Nike uses Obama trade deal to evade more taxes
Nike Chief Mark Parker praised the trade agreement, which could boost the company’s financials by lowering U.S. tariffs on athletic shoes made in Vietnam. The company said the trade deal could help it create thousands more jobs in the U.S. over the next decade. That is 100 jobs per year in normal turnover. “The savings from tariffs from Nike and other firms would more likely go to profits than they would accrue to the lowering of prices for consumers,” said Rep. DeFazio. According to its 2012 Annual Report, Nike placed a profit of almost $7 billion at the bank accounts of dozens of its subsidiaries in Bermuda. Nike shows real chutzpa: the offshore shell companies use the names of shoe models: Air Max Limited, Nike Flight, Nike Pegasus, Nike Tailwind and of course Nike Waffle.

WARNING: Variable annuities offer good and bad outcomes
The SEC examined 44 securities firms and found over a THIRD were not being honest about pros and cons of these market securities. Only commissioned securities-licensed brokers can sell these complicated (hidden fees/tricks) investments. With some, you may earn 4% on your money but the sellers take 3.5% every year no matter what you earn. If you have an emergency and need the money, you give up 7-10% of your account. The attractive “guarantees” are expensive—yes, you get income forever IF you live long enough to collect (death stops payments) BUT your monthly check does not go up with inflation (unless you pay extra). Compare alternatives first: http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Annuity-Strategy-Income/dp/1497532019

Regulators to monitor retiree products
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission launched a program to ensure brokerages and financial advisors are offering reasonable investment advice and disclosing conflicts to retirement-age investors. "Retirement-Targeted Industry Reviews and Examinations (ReTIRE) will make sure brokers don’t sell inappropriate products to line their own pockets as they have in the past. SEC will monitor their disclosing conflicts related to their compensation, kickbacks and personal relationships with manufacturers. Get the facts: http://www.amazon.com/Pay-No-Taxes-Retirement-legally/dp/1507527977

Financial product complaint?
New way to get help—a new database of problems with banking, credit, loans, mortgages, etc and possible solutions. Check a vendor before giving them money.

Is the new tax-FREE ABLE account right for you?
 A new federal law authorizing states to offer specially-designed tax-favored ABLE accounts to people with disabilities who became disabled before age 26.
Contributions in a total amount up to the annual gift tax exclusion amount, currently $14,000, can be made to an ABLE account on an annual basis, and distributions are tax-free if used to pay qualified disability expenses. https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-15280.pdf

Working millionaires don’t fit the picture
People who have learned to live with their self-made wealth look like your neighbor. No fancy stuff and no wasted expenses. These folks simply don’t care about their ride and other “signs” of the rich. They are delighted to buy what they want AFTER they wait for it to go on sale or find it used. They love value—quality at the right price. Experiences are valued over things. They know what is important to them and grow wealth. http://www.amazon.com/The-Working-Millionaire-Self-insure-Self-fund/dp/1460945484


Pay per mile insurance in IL, VA, and MA
Metromile, an insurer that uses telematics to charge customers variable premiums based on how many miles they drive, is expanding to Virginia today. The company also recently began selling products in Illinois and opened a second office in Boston.
Metromile has also introduced Metromile Tag to help drivers who don't feel ready for per-mile insurance yet. The device provides many of the same features without having to plug into the OBD-II port. Drivers need to test the insurer before rates are compared.


DEM crazies
Using an off-color word to describe his anger, Martin O'Malley, a Democratic candidate for president, called for a new national assault weapons ban and other gun control measures in an email sent to supporters after the shooting deaths at a South Carolina black church. Congress is a captive of the NRA—no amount of deaths will break their hold. Remember Sandy Hook parents actually met Congress face-to-face: 20 children gunned down and Congress did not even debate it. Nothing.

GOP crazies
The economist that Republicans handpicked to run the Congressional Budget Office just told Republicans that one of their favorite arguments about Obamacare is wrong. Repeal will cost more than keeping uninsured insured. Repeal adds $137 billion to the federal deficit over the coming decade not to mention the suffering of the uninsured.  

Gun license law reduced killings by 40%--NRA is wrong—guns kill people
Connecticut’s “permit-to-purchase” law was actually a huge success for public safety.
In a study released Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, they estimate that the law reduced gun homicides by 40 percent between 1996 and 2005. That’s 296 lives saved in 10 years.

GOP Cruz on killings: Asked why it has been difficult for GOP to acknowledge the racial aspect of the incident, Cruz said he didn't accept the premise of the question. "I don't think we should be using this tragedy to try and divide people.” "There's a famous saying, praise the Lord and pass the ammunition," he said. "You know the great thing about the state of Iowa is, I'm pretty sure you all define gun control the same way we do in Texas -- hitting what you aim at."

Jeb on killings: “I don’t know” if white supremacist suspect was motivated by racism.
This comes from the same ideology of Ms Bachmann: The founding fathers ended slavery EVEN though some owned slaves. Yet Jeb knew enough to take down the Rebel flag in FL when Gov.

Lindsey Graham isn’t pretending the murders were about religion or insisting that we can’t tell yet what motivated the attack. Instead, Graham openly recognizes that this attack was racially motivated — and says that America has a long way to go in the racial relations department. He did NOT ask to take down treason (insurrection to legal gov) flag or ban gun sales to unlicensed, however.

NRA blames killing on minister—are you kidding me?
Charles Cotton, National Rifle Association executive in Texas, has come under fire for suggesting that a South Carolina lawmaker and pastor slain with eight members of his congregation bears some of the blame for his opposition to permitting concealed handguns in church.
This is same racism: “If they were not black, they would not have been shot.”

GOP Perry on killings: “This is the M.O. of this administration, anytime there is a accident like this,” Perry told Steve Malzberg. “You know, the president’s clear. He doesn’t like for Americans to have guns, and so he uses every opportunity — this being another one — to basically go parrot that message.” “Roof, may have been “medicated”.” Perry needs dictionary on “accident” and a degree in mental health. 

GOP recipients of Roof’s white hate group money = Cruz, Paul, Santorum, Romney. Now you know who the radical racists support!

Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito voted to end our health care but keep their own, which we taxpayers pay for. Luckily Roberts/Kennedy saw the ABYSS ahead: “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.” 6 Supremes upheld the nationwide availability of tax subsidies that are crucial to Obama's signature healthcare.  
Obama’s 2nd win this week—Obama got trade deal so Nike can continue to make sneakers for 50 cents/hour in Vietnam and increase untaxed profits from lower tariff! ObamaCare stands until 2017 at least.

Is password protection right for you?
LastPass, company that promises to help people keep their passwords secure has reported hackers may have obtained some user information. It is literally your last one – it was helped you be hacked. You won’t need another password ‘cause they have them all now. Mousetraps breakers evolve too.

 Zihuatenejo, Mexico; that is where Matt-Sweat are after 22 days on the rails!

Is your broker overcharging you?
Regulators review involves overcharges paid by charities and retirement accounts that invested in funds sold by brokerages. BoA’s Merrill had to reimburse customers $24.4 million, in addition to $64.8 million it had already repaid, making the total payout about $97.2 million including the fine. Other brokers will likely be fined but none indicted.

SCAMS           Why are we still paying $700 Billion a year for WWII deployments? That is 27 cents of each dollar in taxes—the largest part of our money—and we aren’t even at war. We could pay off our debts and fix our schools, roads and bridges!
We are paying for 164,253 of our active-duty armed personnel to be in 150 countries around the world. We have about 50,000 in Japan and 50,000 in Germany.

We are building another military base for Japan at Henoko. Air Force Gen. Ronald Fogelman admitted that the Marines “serve no military function there. They don’t need to be in Okinawa to meet any time line in any war plan.”
Are we preparing for WWII again? There are 1,208,083[1] armed personnel in the United States. Our taxes pay for about HALF of the WORLD’s military expenditures every year. We have wasted $398.6 billion so far on the F-35 program—they can’t fly safely.
We just can’t afford to pay for everyone else’s defenses anymore.
JapanGermany and S. Korea can pay to defend themselves.

Our gov is spending $8 million per HOUR on our wars in Iraq/Afgan
The War on Terror requires special forces attacks on top terrorists at their homes like Obama’s al-Amr May14 Abu killIraq proved converting a nation to Western-style republic doesn’t work. The troops we trained ran away, left our stuff. Training and more stuff for what? Former Saddam army now ISIS. We are wasting $4 billion a year on Afgan tribal rivalries; paying ransom to Al Qaeda; supporting corruption with our money.

GM murdered 114 people but GM not even indicted
The official death toll from faulty ignition switches in General Motors small cars has risen to 114. GM has made “compensation” offers to 245 other victims’ families. NO ONE is going to jail despite the cover up! Regulators admit did not push GM to accountability for deaths. Investigators repeatedly missed opportunities to identify the defective ignition switch, the audit said. They do not thoroughly screen consumer complaints, despite receiving more than 300 per day, and do not verify manufacturers’ reports on complaints.
Auto makers and regulators know there is no punishment for bad work.

Advisor stole life savings of teachers and clergy
Paul Donnahue Williamson, of Palmetto BayFla., has agreed to pay almost $800,000 in disgorgement fees after allegedly orchestrating a Ponzi scheme. Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Williamson with siphoning money from his investment fund for personal use and defrauding his investors, which included retired local teachers and law enforcement officers. No jail time!


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Friday, June 19, 2015

Wal-Mart evades $3.5 Billion in taxes

Wal-Mart is costing us over $3.5 BILLION in taxes
A new study has found Wal-Mart has at least 78 offshore subsidiaries, more than 30 created since 2009 and none mentioned in U.S. securities filings. Overseas operations have helped the company cut more than $3.5 billion off its income tax bills in the past six years, its annual reports show. It owns more than $76 billion of assets through its various tax havens around the world. Americans for Tax Fairness, found 90 percent of Wal-Mart’s overseas assets are owned by subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, where Walmart has no stores just tax havens. It uses the Luxembourg “hybrid loan” trick, which permits companies’ offshore units to take tax deductions for interest paid to their parents in the U.S. The parent, however, doesn’t include that interest as taxable income. Wal-Mart ran into trouble over strategies to avoid U.S. state income taxes. It used a real estate investment trust to effectively pay rent to itself, generating big tax deductions, even though the rent payments never left the company.

Our retirement fund managers are stealing us blind—will Congress act?
We are trying to pay our bills AND invest for retirement yet our fund balance doesn’t seem to grow as fast as the market indexes do. Our employer or manager of the funds has put our money into a secret investment that does not tell us what all our costs are. We are the owners of the money but we don’t know how much we pay. So-called private equity funds receive discounts on legal, accounting and other outside work while pension fund investors, like retired bus drivers, librarians and teachers, pay full freight or, in some cases, a premium. These funds may be stealing up to HALF of our potential gains and we don’t even know it. Some pension funds like CALPERS has dropped expensive managers. NJ state union funds were used to pay off Christie’s political sponsors.
Your pension should be earning the average market rate of 11% not 3%: http://www.amazon.com/Tune-your-401k-EARN-Tax-FREE/dp/1490591028

Vanguard, which in 40 years became the biggest mutual fund company by selling low-priced, market-matching funds, is eating the lunch of brokers and advisers. Vanguard cut the price of its personalized investment service to 0.30 percent of assets annually or less, compared with the 1 to 3 percent common on Wall Street. Some advisers said they can't compete with Vanguard's prices for investors starting with only $50,000. Vanguard said it expanded its advisory service because most of its customers seek retirement advice but aren't willing to pay the usual fees. Investors may give up 63% of their portfolios to advisors over time with various hidden charges.

Would you add more money to your Social Security benefits?
We know that inflation adjusted SS benefits are the largest part of income for many retirees since there are fewer paid pensions anymore. Since many working people have trouble making an individual retirement plan on their own AND an advisor can take up to 63% of our hard-earned contributions (Bogle on PBS), it makes sense to have the employer take out more than the 6.2% and treat the amount the same as wages for the benefit calculation later. We could increase the average benefit of $1300/month to $1500 in today’s money.
Another solution could be let workers use the Fed’s Thrift Plan with a low-cost stock fund. I don’t think there is a better mass market option for most working people. https://www.tsp.gov/investmentfunds/fundsheets/fundPerformance_C_Perf.shtml
Performance is great and the fund is run by pros at cost. This could be a future option for working Americans since the average person has less than $100,000 saved for retirement. What do you think of these options? Let me know at IANBooksEditor@yahoo.com

Top quality vehicles are Korean brands now
Hyundai and its Kia affiliate led the industry by the widest margin ever, according to the J.D. Power initial vehicle quality study. Kia led all non-premium brands in initial quality for the first time in the study's history. Korean brands had 90 problems per 100 vehicles, Europeans at 113, and the Japanese and Americans each at 114. Lexus scored the highest for the fourth straight year. Porsche's top score was 80 problems per 100 vehicles, followed by Kia (86), Jaguar (93), Hyundai (95) and Infiniti (97). Finishing at the bottom was Fiat Chrysler’s Fiat brand with 161 problems per 100 vehicles. Entertainment and troublesome electronics remain the most problem prone area for the third straight year, with voice recognition and Bluetooth pairing topping the problem list, J.D. Power said. English is hard to learn for cars!

Do you need a new bag? https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/

Gun license law reduced killings by 40%--NRA is wrong—guns kill people
Connecticut’s “permit-to-purchase” law was actually a huge success for public safety.
In a study released Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health, they estimate that the law reduced gun homicides by 40 percent between 1996 and 2005. That’s 296 lives saved in 10 years.

Is ID theft “insurance” right for you?
ID theft policies are more like "expense reimbursement programs" than insurance. ID insurance may cover expenses such as phone bills, lost wages, notary and certified mailing costs, and even attorney fees, but it doesn’t protect your data from theft. It does NOT fix your credit or financial account history. It won't reduce the time and hassle required to rectify the situation. Proving your ID theft claim will be just another task. Plus you must pay the deductible first. Will you really spend over $500 of “covered” expenses? You may already be protected from unauthorized card charges if they steal your credit (NOT debit) cards. Avoid theft by eliminating all but essential data on your person and smart phone. Carry driver’s license and credit cards only. Check your credit reports and financial statements immediately. Understand your coverage before signing.

GOP crazies
Christie to get tough with world leaders IF elected. The editorial board of New Jersey's most important and largest newspaper, The Star Ledger, is questioning whether Christie will cause World War III if he's elected president. Can't you just hear him telling Vladimir Putin to "sit down and shut up"? Calling the Ayatollah "numb nuts"?
Christie is NOT the new Reagan (“Tear down this …”?).

Trump/Christie is the trump card for war?
Trump will trump all 15 GOPs. Hey, just ask him and he will tell you how he has trumped countries and will take out ISIL in one decisive blow (ultimate solution?). His is rich and rubs your nose in it. “I have a store worth more than Romney.” He says Oprah is his “friend” so he could win. He may have to pay actors $50 to attend his campaign and vote. He will make America great again because he makes deals he says: http://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/

GOP to cut corporate taxes even more—we lose all deductions; pay more
Rand Paul’s plan to overhaul the U.S. tax system calls for a 14.5 percent federal flat tax for consumers and companies, the elimination of almost all deductions and levies. Wealthy pay capital gains of 20% so get more to keep. Most of us will still pay 33% including sales, gas, state, local, DI, UC, FL, health, pension, etc. With spending cuts and economic growth, the federal budget would be balanced, Paul said.

GOP controls NV gov but can’t pass voter suppression law
Many states are trying to reduce DEM voters before election next year. There is no proof of voter fraud and even PA legislator admits real reason to suppress.  

Fox News goes after Pope
Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld accused Pope Francis of being “the most dangerous person on the planet” because he is seeking “strange new respect” from adversaries on climate change. Francis must be smiling!

GOP health plan called “flawed” by actuaries—GOP with blood on their hands!
32 GOP reps propose keeping federal premium subsidies for Healthcare.gov enrollees through August 2017 if the Supreme Court rules them unconstitutional in King v. Burwell. It would simply bandage a festering wound, according to the American Academy of Actuaries.

DEMs crazies
Bernie draws crowds but has no money and no foundation and no home server. Sanders and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) introduced legislation to overturn GOP law that cuts certain pensions. He can’t win so why do people support him? Is it the message? http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/bernie-sanders-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues/

Auto jobs moving south with or without treaty
In 2004, 74% of the 15.8 million cars built in US. Canada built 17% and Mexico contributed 9%. In 2014, Mexico's production was 19% of the total. It came at the expense of the U.S., which dipped to 11.4 million units, or 67%; and Canada, which was down to 2.4 million, or 14%.

Medical debt killing your credit score?
Feds are stopping the practices of some collectors of medical debt hitting our credit scores. We may have recourse from fines of $5.4 million.  http://www.consumerfinance.gov/newsroom/cfpb-study-finds-medical-debt-overly-penalizes-consumer-credit-scores/

Is a credit union right for you?
If you are eligible and you like personal banking (face-to-face), the positives far outweigh negatives. CU pays higher rates, charges less, and offers most benefits you want. Find your local: http://www.culookup.com/

Morgan Stanley admits it is hard to beat an S&P 500 market index.
The index adds businesses that outperform and drops the losers. MS sees investors moving money to the index which charge less and give more. Will Wall Street cut fees?


SCAMS           Why are we still paying $700 Billion a year for WWII deployments? That is 27 cents of each dollar in taxes—the largest part of our money—and we aren’t even at war. We could pay off our debts and fix our schools, roads and bridges!
We are paying for 164,253 of our active-duty armed personnel to be in 150 countries around the world. We have about 50,000 in Japan and 50,000 in Germany.

We are building another military base for Japan at Henoko. Air Force Gen. Ronald Fogelman admitted that the Marines “serve no military function there. They don’t need to be in Okinawa to meet any time line in any war plan.”
Are we preparing for WWII again? There are 1,208,083[1] armed personnel in the United States. Our taxes pay for about HALF of the WORLD’s military expenditures every year. We have wasted $398.6 billion so far on the F-35 program—they can’t fly safely.
We just can’t afford to pay for everyone else’s defenses anymore.
Japan, Germany and S. Korea can pay to defend themselves.

Our gov is spending $8 million per HOUR on our wars in Iraq/Afgan
The War on Terror requires special forces attacks on top terrorists at their homes like Obama’s al-Amr May14 Abu killIraq proved converting a nation to Western-style republic doesn’t work. The troops we trained ran away, left our stuff. Training and more stuff for what? Former Saddam army now ISIS. We are wasting $4 billion a year on Afgan tribal rivalries; paying ransom to Al Qaeda; supporting corruption with our money.

Chase account owners—now you know where your fees go!
Jamie Dimon, who helped assemble Citigroup Inc. and then improved on the experiment with JPMorgan Chase & Co., is responsible for two of the biggest banks the world has ever seen. His life’s work also made him a billionaire! First of class of bank managers.  Backed by our tax dollars so too big to jail or fail.

GM murdered 114 people but not even indicted
The official death toll from faulty ignition switches in General Motors small cars has risen to 114. GM has made “compensation” offers to 245 other victims’ families. NO ONE is going to jail despite the cover up!

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Corporations pay no tax but vote with "speech"

Our “representatives” are receiving lots of “free speech” from sponsors
Most corporations pay $0 taxes, yet the Supremes decided they can spend $ billions to influence elections because they have Constitutional “free speech” rights like real people. Many firms obtain government contracts by lobbying our “representatives” with “speech.” GE actually got a tax benefit of 4.1 billion to cover taxes for years. abcnews.go.com/  We will have to make up the loss of tax revenue and pay refunds of $364 Billion to these same firms. Do you have $600,000 of “free speech” to get heard?
Why would Washington care what we middle-class want?

Our own government is shipping our jobs overseas
Defense Dept. granted a staggering 307,123 waivers and exceptions to the Buy American Act over the last 8 years, and spent over $176.8 billion of taxpayers’ dollars on goods manufactured by foreign companies. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) proposed requiring DoD to buy American goods and stop using waivers.
Do foreign firms give DoD a little “free speech” to get the orders?

Our “representatives” have stopped IRS from collecting more $19 million per audit 
Top IRS auditors, paid about $150,000, each find on average $19 million of corporate unpaid taxes yearly. If corporations didn’t control Congress, wouldn’t they want to triple the number to find $19 million per auditor every year? That is one way to reduce the deficit but our “reps” REDUCED auditor positions. This increases the likelihood we will pay more. Actually IRS goes after those making less than $25,000 more than those making over $200,000. Corporations actually pay average of 12% not the legal 39% rate by using over 500 loopholes in the IRS code.

Is an annuity a “super bond” for income in retirement?
The Wall Street Journal called income annuities “super bonds.” Wade Pfau, retirement expert, calls them “actuarial bonds.” He said “income annuities have the potential to improve retirement outcomes over what is possible with bond funds.” Many retirees balk at their illiquidity, complex terms and high fees, however.

Reverse mortgage: Warning to banks
Regulators told banks: “It is important that advertisements do not downplay the terms and risks of reverse mortgages or confuse prospective borrowers.” After viewing the ads, consumers were confused about reverse mortgages being loans, and they were left with false impressions that they are a government benefit or that they would ensure consumers could stay in their homes for the rest of their lives. Today, the CFPB is also issuing an advisory that warns consumers that many reverse mortgage ads do not tell the full story.
“As older consumers consider reverse mortgage loans to tap into their home equity, they need to be careful of those late night TV ads [Law & Order guy] that seem too good to be true,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray.

Does your pension take back overpayments each month?
AARP says IRS does NOT require pension plans to recoup accidental overpayment.

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All kinds of FREE reads on your PC or mobile like Geronimo's Story of His Life by Geronimo or Diary of a U-Boat Commander by Sir Stephen King-Hall or A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County by Stephen Ostrander or Animal and Nature Stories by William Patten. Plus all the old classics--Moby Dick, Dracula, Les Mis, etc, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?sort_order=downloads

GOP crazies
House GOP introduced a plan to repeal ObamaCare (ACA) and replace it with high-risk health pools and tax credits that would undermine the employer-sponsored health care system in place today. Employers could just keep the healthy. Severely-ill would be segregated and subject to Congress de-funding every year as food stamps are now.
But health insurers won’t accept “tax credits” as money.   

KS will NOT lay off 7,000 workers to give wealthy bigger tax refunds
Kansas will raise sales and cig taxes aimed at low- and middle-class to close $400 million revenue shortfall in the wake of tax cuts to the rich by GOP Gov Sam Brownback 3 years ago. The state told 7,109 state workers, they may have wages cut. GOP thinks reducing consumer demand (increasing sales and cig taxes) will RAISE state revenues. “Trickle down” theory works like that? Crazy! Wealthy use tax cut to expand biz in Vietnam.

GOP court sides with Christie: Violate the 2011 law—screw the unions
NJ Supremes said that state constitutional provisions calling for an annual budget process trump a 2011 law requiring pension contributions from the state. "The decision unfairly requires public workers to uphold their end of the law's bargain — increased weekly deductions from their paychecks to fund their future pensions — while allowing the State to slip from its binding commitment to make commensurate contributions," Judge Albin wrote. "Thus, public workers continue to pay into a system on its way to insolvency."
Last year, a budget with tax hikes passed but Christie vetoed it and reduced pension contributions. He paid $ millions for Bridgegate scandal and gave EXXON $9 Billion waiver instead. Runs all over US on our dime. 

Will the Supremes take away your health-care plan?
GOP-leaning Supremes repeal ObamaCare and 9.6 million will go back to No Care
If the Supremes OK the case against states using ObamaCare federal sign up site, 9.6 millions will go back to No Care in 34 states. ObamaCare is now being used by prisons and jails and has changed even UT GOP into accepting ObamaCare for health plans.   

Clerk’s religion will now decide if you get married or not
NC Senate Bill 2, would allow magistrates and registers of deeds to refuse to participate in the marriage of any couple whose union violates their “sincerely held religious” beliefs. “SB2 would create a very dangerous precedent,” Meno said. “This is a law that could be used against interracial couples, couples of different religions, divorced couples, virtually anybody.”
GOP-approved religious discrimination takes us back to witch-burning days

Cars losing value faster than expected—bargains?
2013 Rogue SV, 2011 BMW 328i, 2012 Lexus ES 350, 2012 BMW 528i, 2012 Nissan Leaf SL electric. This may be your opportunity to pick up a bargain since most models have no mechanical problems and have been ‘tested’ for 3 years. http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/6-used-cars-that-are-losing-value-surprisingly-fast.html/?a=viewall

Retirees fail to have enough to live on for a reason
Usually there is a reason that we don’t have a comfortable retirement. Advisors cite these money pits: divorce, second home, dependent children, business start-up, health care, extravagance, and elder fraud.

Are you struggling to save for your first home or car or business?
Get help with your savings and reach your goal in HALF the time. Organizations match your dollars FREE. Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) are special savings accounts that match the deposits of low- and moderate-income people. For every dollar saved in an IDA, savers receive a corresponding match which serves as both a reward and an incentive to further the saving habit. In addition to earning match dollars, savers learn about budgeting, saving and receive additional training before purchasing an asset

Pope to ‘try’ bishops that shield child rapists and molesters
Pope Francis has taken the biggest step yet to crack down on bishops who cover up for priests who rape and molest children, creating a new tribunal section inside the Vatican to hear cases of bishops accused of failing to protect their flock. Some multiple rapes.
What about a real jury trial for conspiracy to hide felons—rape of child is an A felony?

SCAMS           Why are we still paying $700 Billion a year for WWII deployments? That is 27 cents of each dollar in taxes—the largest part of our money—and we aren’t even at war. We could pay off our debts and fix our schools, roads and bridges!
We are paying for 164,253 of our active-duty armed personnel to be in 150 countries around the world. We have about 50,000 in Japan and 50,000 in Germany.

We are building another military base for Japan at Henoko. Air Force Gen. Ronald Fogelman admitted that the Marines “serve no military function there. They don’t need to be in Okinawa to meet any time line in any war plan.”
Are we preparing for WWII again? There are 1,208,083[1] armed personnel in the United States. Our taxes pay for about HALF of the WORLD’s military expenditures every year. We have wasted $398.6 billion so far on the F-35 program—they can’t fly safely.
We just can’t afford to pay for everyone else’s defenses anymore.
Japan, Germany and S. Korea can pay to defend themselves.

The War on Terror requires special forces attacks on top terrorists at their homes like Obama’s al-Amr May14 Abu killIraq proved converting a nation to Western-style republic doesn’t work. The troops we trained ran away, left our stuff—more costs. Former Saddam army now ISIS. We are wasting $4 billion a year on Afgan tribal rivalries; paying ransom to Al Qaeda; supporting corruption with our money.

This is how Vietnam started—Kennedy sent 400 ‘advisors’ to train soldiers, May 1961
Obama is poised to send hundreds more American military advisers to a new base (where did that come from) in a strategic Iraqi region to help devise a counterattack against marauding Islamic State militants. Remember the “fierce mountain men known as the Montagnards?” We just never learn—we trained them before and they ran!
Now Vietnam is a trading partner. Let’s just skip the killing part and let Baghdadi have Baghdad. This is a tribal war and we can’t fight it for them.
This is their homeland NOT ours. We have enough oil now.

Army general says futile to send '150,000 soldiers' to defend unreformed Iraq
Gen. Orierno, 6 yr Iraq vet, said that even sending 150,000 US troops to the country - roughly the number of soldiers during the 2007-08 "surge" – would be wasted without a major reorientation by Iraq's Shiite leaders. 

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Friday, June 5, 2015

GOP to give our Medicare money to corporate lay offs

GOP gives corporate job off-shoring a boost using our Medicare money!
Secret TTP trade deal includes making Medicare pay for workers laid off from jobs sent to Asia. GOP will take money for dialysis and doctors instead of corporations paying for retraining. Yet Medicare cannot negotiate drug prices even though HALF new drugs come from government research grants. Drug makers spend 19 times amount on marketing than researchBush gave drug firms price monopoly!
GOP plan to take our Medicare money for corporate layoffs. GOP plan is more SOCIALIST than Europe government’s. Europe pays 40% less for drugs!
Free market capitalism used to mean you can negotiate the price.

Is a pension buy-out right for you?
In the past two years, the corporate pension buy-out market has surged with more than $49 billion in transactions, and that trend should continue unabated as large employers try to shift pensions off their books. If you take the lump-sum, will you spend it or will you maximize it? Advisors/brokers can take a substantial portion of your nest egg potential over time. A 2% fee can rob you of 63% of your long-term accumulation leaving you much worse off than if you had just left your pension alone.
Maximize your pension using the Buffett strategy: $40,000 not $20,000 a year: https://youtu.be/dZL_nV-Gh-s

Women are better investors than men
Our hero of working women is Anne Scheiber. She fired her broker and turned $5,000 into $22 million with PATIENCE. Simply buying and holding the stocks of growing companies, we see the miracle of compounding in the accumulation of Anne Scheiber.


To beat Wall Street, all you need is PATIENCE
"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient." Warren Buffett
 http://www.amazon.com/Beat-Wall-Street-PATIENCE-Investing-ebook/dp/B00YSH0BQY

DEM crazies
IA voters flock to Bernie. He has no chance—NO BiG money—but middle-class looking for a change from GOP plans to cut SS and wage war. He wants to fix our roads, bridges, buildings and create 13 million jobs!
Millionaire Congress will never allow it—crazy Bernie!

Medicare offering our data to private firms—without charge?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will make its data available to the private sector for the first time, the agency’s acting administrator announced Tuesday. CMS noted that the data would not permit identification of patients, but would provide the identity of providers of care. “Two million people account for half of costs of the Medicare program. Often basic barriers – housing, nutrition, transportation, child care – combine” to impact health. CMS said the health care system needs “better support information, better insight …. to enable this change.” Firms can make a killing on data.

GOP crazies
GOP # 19—Lindsey wants to cut SS benefits so we can go to war again. How normal!
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made a crass joke about Vice President Biden on Wednesday, days after his son died. This is what we can expect?
George Pataki wants to bring back the old days.
Rick Perry is back in it again, this time with glasses. Oops!
Carly Fiorina claims the Chinese people don’t know how to innovate. Really? She should know since she almost destroyed HP without innovation to revive HP. Ripped Bell Labs apart!

Is a Stretch IRA right for you? Make your legacy powerful.
How you leave your assets to heirs depends on how you title/designate them NOT by your will alone. Your decision can leave a powerful account with NO taxes or huge tax bill they won’t forget. http://vsa.fsonline.com/vsap/pdfs/1a2-19-ST.pdf


Suzy Orman as your advisor?
Perhaps it is not a good thing to take advice without doing your own research. Orman seems to do the things she tells us NOT to do. Orman is in the entertainment business like TV stock analysts and cable news. That is why she stopped being a licensed broker—she makes more now. Advisors cannot see the future. Buy Vanguard’s Top Ten and relax:


Guns to save kids killing other kids are banned by NRA
Gun sellers have tried to sell “smart guns” that fire when only owner holds it but they have been threatened with death if they do—So much for constitutional freedom to be armed. Lawyers say that gun makers could be liable if a victim finds out the maker could have prevented shooting.
So Americans are allowed to have the freedoms the 1%s decide to give them.

Is a hedge fund right for you?
Wealthy seem to like gambling. With a record of 4.6% returns from 2012-14, compared to 18% for the market, you would think hedge funds would be dead by now. Not to the optimistic gambler. CALPERS, CA union pension, has given up the habit. However, there are many which have not. Christie has his people putting union money in the hedge casino. But he did it as payback for contributions. Gambling only pays off the middleman. Earn 10-12% in growing global businesses: http://www.amazon.com/Vanguards-Top-Ten-mutual-funds/dp/150073909X

Do you need to know your AGI adjusted gross for 2014, 13, 12 returns for college aid?
If you just need information that shows most line items from your tax return, you can call 1-800-908-9946 to request a free transcript. You can also get it if you file Form 4506T-EZ, Short Form Request for Individual Tax Return Transcript, or Form 4506-T, Request for Transcript of Tax Return. This is all IRS keeps.

EPA says fracking OK for drinking water—just don’t drink it!
Environmental Protection Agency study found the drilling method had no widespread impact on drinking water. This study means EPA will not add regs on drillers.

SCAMS           Why are we still paying $700 Billion a year for WWII deployments? That is 27 cents of each dollar in taxes—the largest part of our money—and we aren’t even at war. We could pay off our debts and fix our schools, roads and bridges!
We are paying for 164,253 of our active-duty armed personnel to be in 150 countries around the world. We have about 50,000 in Japan and 50,000 in Germany.

We are building another military base for Japan at Henoko. Air Force Gen. Ronald Fogelman admitted that the Marines “serve no military function there. They don’t need to be in Okinawa to meet any time line in any war plan.”
Are we preparing for WWII again? There are 1,208,083[1] armed personnel in the United States. Our taxes pay for about HALF of the WORLD’s military expenditures every year. We have wasted $398.6 billion so far on the F-35 program—they can’t fly safely.
We just can’t afford to pay for everyone else’s defenses anymore.
Japan, Germany and S. Korea can pay to defend themselves.

The War on Terror requires special forces attacks on top terrorists at their homes like Obama’s al-Amr May14 Abu killIraq proved converting a nation to Western-style republic doesn’t work. The troops we trained ran away, left our stuff—more costs. Former Saddam army now ISIS. We are wasting $4 billion a year on Afgan tribal rivalries; paying ransom to Al Qaeda; supporting corruption with our money.

When we try to help others in civil wars, we make them more deadly!
The Central Intelligence Agency has run guns to insurgencies across the world during its 67-year history — from Angola to Nicaragua to Cuba. The continuing C.I.A. effort to train Syrian rebels is just the latest example of an American president becoming enticed by the prospect of using the spy agency to covertly arm and train rebel groups. An internal C.I.A. study has found that it rarely works.
Great for the military-industrial profits though.

We pay for airplane security and get NONE—Terrorists watch video and learn
Airport undercover agents were able to smuggle prohibited items, such as mock explosives or weapons, through TSA checkpoints in 67 out of 70 attempts. We must give up our gifts, shampoos and razors for what?

We pay for 24/7 surveillance and get NONE—Terrorists don’t use Verizon accounts!
An analysis of 225 terrorism cases inside the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has concluded that the bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency “has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism.”

We pay FBI to track terrorists in US but follow wrong guys
Surveillance planes were found to have made more than 100 flights in the last month over at least 11 states and major cities like Boston, Seattle and Houston but watching riots instead. What about Boston bombers and Times Square bomber?
What about following ISIS cell phones at the source not US?

Nazi war criminals taking SS benefits?!
Rinkel is among 133 suspected Nazi war criminals, SS guards, and others that may have participated in the Third Reich's atrocities who received $20.2 million in Social Security benefits, according to a report to be released later this week by the inspector general of the Social Security Administration. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the report.


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