Friday, February 24, 2017

Painless way to create tax-FREE wealth

Your tax refund: The PAINLESS way to create tax-FREE wealth
The average refund—fed and state—is about $3,000. How long would it take your INVESTED refunds to reach $500,000? 50 years, 40, 30 or 20 years? It takes 1 hour to start a $1/2 million fund. You do it with a fully-licensed telephone rep not an advisor/broker. The fees can take 63% of your accumulations over time. Do it yourself and get to $1/2 million in about 27 years. You invest in America’s best companies earning 11% on average long-term. And a new study by McKinsey found that companies taking a long-term view outperform all others. A money manager gets a bonus for short-term results. It’s your money; you keep your bonus.

GOP plans to replace ObamaCare with 1970s system
Ryan met with his group (which has free comprehensive insurance paid by us) to plan to replace ObamaCare with an outline of a plan. It would revamp Medicaid, offer tax deductions for doctors' bills, and state block grants for state pools to assist some individuals in buying individual insurance. We had this structure in the 1970s. If you are poor you will obtain care from clinics/hospitals run by the county/state. If you work and get coverage at work, there are no coverage standards—your coverage may be limited and be capped. If you must shop for your own care and can find a policy you will pay higher rates without government help unless your doctor bills exceed a threshold and you itemize your tax deductions. GOP likes health-savings accounts where you pay more using pre-tax money. If you are too sick you will be assigned an insurer by the state which will take state money but may provide substandard coverage from novice doctors. States will receive a Fed block grant like the 1970s and can use the money for roads not care. There is no standard. For instance, in NJ under Medicaid, doctors who take NJ FamilyCare receive only $15 per visit. Young healthy people will avoid insurance and visit a hospital when sick. Universal coverage mandate and caps are gone and costs vary.
Our Reps have great coverage for free. They never had to experience 1970s style no-care. Millions had to sit in hospitals for days for care; some were sick and never had coverage they could afford. GOP promises ‘access’: most can not AFFORD coverage.  

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https://www.creditkarma.com/ needs your eyes to obtain dollars from sellers of financial services and they give you software to file federal and state taxes at no cost. If you need to file a simple return, this is the cheapest way. Usually simple means you have W-2 income and no home deductions. The IRS has a topic look up so you can find the answer to your question easier than waiting on the telephone for an operator to answer:  https://taxmap.ntis.gov/taxmap/. You can do your federal online FREE using commercial sites through the IRS https://www.irs.gov/uac/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free. These sites charge for a state return. You can also use a local AARP tax aide office: http://www.aarp.org/money/taxes/aarp_taxaide/ AARP does not discriminate by age or income so they can usually take care of most people. Best tip: deduction for IRA contributions and tax credit up to $2,000 subtracted from tax you owe. Double Your Pleasure. 


Why is your advisor recommending ETFs (index funds)?
Is your financial salesperson charging you to use exchange traded funds? ETFs are index mutual funds that can be bought and sold anytime like stocks. However, they are index funds. Real index funds are meant for long-term gains not short-term trading. If you trade them, moving from one sector to another trying to catch the wave crest, you will lose. If you trade Alt or Liquid Alts, read SEC. According to the annual investor questionnaire results, the average return for managed accounts is just 3.79% compared with the index of 11.06%. My friends who have a low-cost stock market index have added 26% to their nest egg over the last year. Perhaps your sales person is like this “advisor”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Ql_7NCk0o
You could be using Warren Buffett as your advisor: https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Buffett-Your-Investment-Advisor/dp/1518690963

TrumpCare: a return to the original GOP plan
Universal mandate, no lifetime cap, no pre-existing condition ban, cost negotiation from strength. These were all part of the Heritage Foundation plan when introduced in 1993.
Republican Sen. John Chafee of Rhode Island was the point man. The bill he introduced, Health Equity and Access Reform Today, had a list of 20 co-sponsors that was a who’s who of Republican leadership. There was Minority Leader Bob Dole, R- Kan., Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and many others. There also were two Democratic co-sponsors. The Chafee bill included: an individual mandate; Creation of purchasing pools; Standardized benefits; Vouchers for the poor to buy insurance; A ban on denying coverage based on a pre-existing condition. It did not expand Medicaid as Obamacare does, and it did have medical malpractice tort reform, which the current law does not.
Trump could tweak what we have and be a hero. Will GOP let him?

How to invest in retirement
Where do you invest if you are retired? If you are over age 70 you must take mandatory withdrawals from your IRAs because you got a deduction when you were contributing to you 401k and personal IRA accounts. If you are receiving a pension and Social Security you may have extra funds because you or your spouse is still working. First if one of you is under age 70, you can still make regular IRA contributions. It can be deducted if your AGI is under the income limit. This is a spousal IRA. You can put in $6500. You can make Roth IRA contributions at any age but there are income limits. There are no deductions now but every dollar earned is tax free in the future. You can also convert all or part of your IRA or rollover IRA to a Roth IRA as long as you pay the tax on the untaxed portion. This allows the rich to avoid the Roth income limits by putting the money in a regular IRA and then converting. This is a great retirement tool as all the gains are tax free and heirs benefit too. Retirement can last 30 yeas or more: invest.

Why aren’t those great jobs coming back? Trump has answer
When he tore down the historic Bonwit Teller to build his Tower, The Don contacted a construction middleman to hire Polish immigrants and aliens. They were not union and didn’t speak English. They were paid less than half the union wage and some were cheated out of their pay. The Don denies knowing anything. Today, Chris Wade has been displaced  by non union workers. His job was assembling cables and electronics for $30 an hour at Delphi Automotive in Warren, Ohio. Now Berta Alicia Lopez does the same work at the Delphi plant in Juárez, Mexico — for $1 an hour. 
The Don did what Delphi does and yet the “worker savior” promises to tell firms like Delphi how to run their business. The Don has claimed that he saved hundreds of jobs and yet we all know those jobs can’t be saved. The Don can shame companies to move jobs around or delay moving but we all know it is just a promoter making his image stronger. Companies with unfilled jobs say no qualified workers, need immigrants. 
Don’t be Trumped by The Don’s false promises: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Trumped-Dons-economy-strategies/dp/1542615143

The Don lets polluters dump coal sludge in rivers—use only bottled water
Only two months after the clean river regulation, Trump dumped it so that Big coal can get rid of waste quickly and FREE. Lobbyists and Congress cancelled the reg because it was not even in force yet. Easy and quick victory for McConnell and Paul’s funders. The rules were difficult to write and took too long. Now the people who live in the aquifer of these mines will suffer over time. State regs are not difficult to avoid. Each family will need to test their water weekly so they can keep their jobs and stay alive. New mining methods blow up mountains for coal so owners must dump the remains. Valleys with streams are the preferred way and owners do not live there—only the little people.

Do you drive under 5000 miles a year? Save $500 a year
In some states, you can pay per mile for your full coverage. You need to establish you are a safe driver and be willing to put a mileage meter in your car. One insurer MetroMile that offered me a policy for 2 5-year-old cars in NJ charged me $760 a year with $500 deductible on collision and comprehensive. That beats my $1020 cost at GEICO. I have to get the car inspected locally. Metro operates in California, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. National General is the ultimate insurer with excellent financial ratings but with poor customer services ratings on Google.

The Don plans to cut programs you use everyday to fund war
If you visit a museum or support young people serving the needy or listen to NPR or need inexpensive legal services or support drug use elimination in your town, you will see these programs eliminated in the coming year under a GOP budget. If you work at a war materials factory you will see expansion of your hours. In addition, Trump’s team favors cuts in small but high profile programs to support his propaganda strategy of America First. His hats and Ivanka’s line are made in China etc. Meanwhile, Trump’s lifestyle expenses have already exceeded Obama’s expenses for the year with trips to his club every weekend while his wife sits in the NY Tower costing us $500,000 a day. We are also covering his sons’ visits to promote his properties in Uruguay and Dubai as well as Trump properties around the world. Trump is cutting our programs while increasing programs for his own benefit at tax payer’s expense. Trump raises tax for some.

The Don’s proposed tax cuts for the rich are wasted.
“Three-quarters of the tax cuts would benefit the top 1 percent of taxpayers” The middle fifth of incomes would get a 0.5 percent tax cut, worth about $260. Most economist say his tax cut will increase deficits and like Kansas, our taxes will go up to pay for them in the future. KS cut taxes to the rich in 2012 to stimulate growth. It did not work. KS budget is short $1 billion after cutting schools, roads, etc and raising taxes on smokes and alcohol. New income taxes on workers passed. Growth is created by demand from higher disposable income from the majority of Americans. The estimated $260 tax cut will go to pay a new 20% import tax on cars, parts etc from Mexico. Other proposals like allowing immediate depreciation could set heavily leveraged industries like farming, finance and real estate (Trump’s businesses) against those that invest in equipment that loses value over time, like manufacturers. More manufacturers would seek relief by going abroad.

Is your vehicle on the list of most dependable?
JDPower.com study finds that the 10 top-selling models from the 2014 model year average 134 PP100—significantly lower than the industry average of 156 PP100. Two perennial best-selling models—the Ford F-150 pickup truck and the Toyota Camry sedan—also lead their vehicle segments in the 2017 VDS. Jeep and Fiat hold down the lowest ratings. Owners are asked about problems of any type after using their vehicles for years.


We are entering the Twilight Zone:
"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadowbetween science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone" where “alternative facts” and illusions of conspiracies are lived out. Lies are considered truth. 
Rod Serling
  

Remember, Don Trump is still a contractor from Queens NY, just richer than most. As a promoter, his income is from lending his wealth “brand” to other’s buildings and golf. The Don does not like to read so policy is 1 page of MAPS—he likes maps and TV. He conducts secret state business in front of the wealthy, letting them play with the nuclear “football” that can kill Earth. Richard DeAgazio might be Russian spy who switched nuclear briefcase on Rick during photo op. Creates fear to control base. Tweets all night.
Real Donald Trump called for lock-step marching by all and remember your brown shirts. When ideology “discards and chops off” the facts and calls world normal.

Trump legacy:  “get out of my country” supporter kills restaurant patron in KS.

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Promises (lies) and Actual outcomes:

If Fox fake news says N.Korea fires missile, will Trump start nuclear war III?
The Don blames Fox for fake news about Sweden terrorist that never happened.

The Don’s lawyer has plan to give Ukraine to Putin—payback for election help? What is Putin’s game with Trump? Putin asked “what do I do now” after election won.

The Don tells FBI what to say about Russia—Comey already gave him election victory.


The Don places the media in the “enemy” category with terrorists and ISIS
Paranoia strikes deep:
Fear of failure creates alt universe; mistakes denied reality ignored.
"Any negative polls are fake news." Mad Dog says media is NOT enemy; its constituency. How else would we know what the Dictator does?

a terrorist attack in Sweden” stirs up fear using Fox fake news—no attack in Sweden just like no attack in Bowling Green KY. 90 real sources confirm ‘no’ Don, use web.

“suppression of an "adversarial" press can lead to a dictatorial regime”--McCain
"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." 


Putin orders Trump Psychological Dossier : Trump was there.   I want a copy

General declines replace Flynn bec propagandist Bannon on Natl Sec Council.
I Inherited a Mess,’ “Russia is a ruse,” “The public doesn’t believe you people anymore.” “Are you a friendly reporter?” “See He lied” Don’s delusional response.

“You may wanna come around. It’ll be fun. We’re really working tomorrow. We have meetings every 15, 20 minutes with different people that will form our government."

Finally bringing comprehensive health care to the neediest was right on time.

The Don removed the Obama-era policies on climate and water pollution. He will rewrite 2015 regulation that limits greenhouse-gas emissions from existing electric utilities. He will restart the coal mining in federal lands. He will remove the 1972 Clean Water Act the keeps all waterways clean and allows farmers to pollute with fertilizer and pesticides.

The Don has cut red tape for lobbyists—new language doubles the army who tell our Reps what their companies want done. We are losers. 31,000 lobbyist write our laws.


Underground railroad forms to counter military deportation tactics

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Regulators are the only protection against corporations since we can’t sue anymore

Some Volkswagen owners say they’re still waiting for their buybacks, 4 months late.
Feds cannot stop hackers from demanding ransom for your PC—protect yourself now.
IRS caught not telling us our SS number used by illegals so our SS benefit at risk.
Conway caught violating legal ethics: “dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation
Purshe Kaplan Sterling, Albany, caught overcharging Native American tribe on REITs
Red River Sec, Hardwick and Lawson Financial caught fraudulent selling securities.


We need regulation—GOP wrong—companies/cities wouldn’t fix bad products on own
GM killed 124 because ignition switch pin not replaced after knew it killed first in 2006.


Police want gun control.
When everyone has guns; your chance of being killed goes up. Police don’t know who to shoot. They assume everyone has one and shoot first. You and thief have guns. CO schools now allow teachers/administrators to carry guns in the classroom. Kid lesson! Since 2015, police have killed 86 people with realistic looking FAKE guns--suicide?

MO allows anyone to conceal gun anywhere without permit or training Wild West?



SCAMS:
Voter ID laws do what GOP intended: keep Dems out of voter booth.
IRS does not call or email you. Scammers DO call and threaten.


Ignoramus Award:       deport 11 million working people?
Remember Ivana Trump’s insight: “Who’s going to vacuum our living rooms…”


How our government wastes our money:
It will cost us at least $600,000,000,000 to send 11 million illegal immigrants home and another $1.6 Trillion from lost income tax revenue since they are not working anymore. If the National Guard is used that will cost even more. All the low-pay jobs they do will require more pay for poor Americans so we will spend another $2.2 Trillion on higher prices for many things we buy. Rich people will get their housekeepers/nannies exempt by Trump.

Where have all the jobs gone?
Immigrants are present in construction, gardening, agriculture, fast food etc. all low pay jobs that few others want.
CSX Corp will cut 1,000 management employees. Productivity and automation blamed.
JC Penny cut 6,000 from 140 stores.
Which job board sites are best for your job search?

Who owns your account now?
Vanguard’s 60,000 millionaire account holders get served in offices by “crew” for less.

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