Friday, March 31, 2017

Your perfect tax shelter

Your perfect tax shelter
Real estate is the perfect tax shelter for your illicit gains. Buy the property via a corporation/trust using funds that need laundering and turn your dirty money into clean money. The asset is legit and you can borrow clean money on it. There is no bank or mortgage company record. With the current investigation of Russian money being used to funnel money to The Don, the Treasury should be interested. The Russian mob created an extraordinary ‘profit’ on the sale of a FL mansion for The Don.  Russians have used foreign banks to do the same laundering operation. Guess who ran the most popular laundering bank for Russians? Trump’s own Commerce Secretary Ross. If you have enough money you can create amazing ways to avoid taxes on your illicit gains and only those in the know, know. “Only the little people pay taxes.”
Use the only legal shelter for working people: https://www.amazon.com/Pay-No-Taxes-Retirement-legally/dp/1507527977

Why is it so hard to fashion a national health care plan?
The pharmaceutical industry alone had 1,400 lobbyists in Washington in 2014. The users of their products had none. There is no mechanism to keep costs down. When we get sick, we don’t go shopping from one doctor to the next for a free price quote. Have you ever called your local hospital and got a price on a broken bone or cut finger? Despite the view of Congress and the president, there is no competition to reduce costs like buying a big screen TV. Congress says that the “free” market will lower costs. They keep saying that an insurance company in Utah will reduce the costs in CA if only CA will let Utah’s insurers into CA. Why would anyone buy insurance from a company with doctors and hospitals in ME when they live in MA? And how many doctors will compete for my Medicaid business? None. In fact, I have to pay them $150 or more over the state reimbursement just to see me. Drug firms can charge anything they like for a new pill for this or that even though the drug was developed by a government agency or a grant (my taxes) to my local university. 
Health care is just not a TV commodity business. Most nations have learned that already. And KS has just tried to reverse course so it can cover 150,000 uninsured with Medicaid. ID, NE, SD, VA and GA are looking at expanding Medicaid to cover more uninsured.

Your Retirement Income Checklist
There are so many unknowns in our futures that we must plan a FLEXIBLE financial future. We can anticipate some expenses but generally, we must plan for a range of possible futures. If you stay invested in some stock mutual funds to overcome inflation, how can you avoid a prolonged flat market? If you count on fixed income like bonds or annuities, what happens if inflation roars back? We can moderate big swings in stocks and bonds by maintaining a balanced portfolio of low-cost funds. If we begin now, where we are, we may be able to add $250,000 to $500,000 before and during retirement. If we can delay taking Social Security and or our pension or IRA, we can add significant amounts to our future nest egg. Few retirees are happy playing around all day after working for 50 years. A gradual shift is more appropriate and rewarding. Today, retirees need to plan for 30 years AFTER working. You need to make two budgets—one for now and one for the survivor using current assumptions about income sources.


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Is it treason?
The Don and his lieutenants may be guilty of assisting a foreign power in influencing our election. The FBI is probably looking at the way Manafort and others were leading the GOP campaign AND being agents of Putin or his oligarchs. Do we know for sure that foreigners did NOT hack the voting data of some states? Has the FBI geeks checked every computer in all 500 voting districts? We don’t need to have a smoking gun to prove that some Trump folks did NOT have America’s best interests at heart. For instance, why did the GOP allow Russians to strike the platform plank about sanctions for Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? Why didn’t The Don vet his lieutenants before allowing them to work on his behalf? How can Flynn be a paid foreign secret agent while he works as Trump National Security Advisor? He says he did not know they were working for Russia before or during the campaign. Isn’t that a LIE?  Once you are an agent, you are always an agent is common knowledge. Why is The Don always so positive about Putin and Russia? Why does he deny he has ties to Russia? Dick Cheney says Russia’s meddling in the U.S. election could be "considered an act of war.”  Why did Sessions lie about contact if it was innocent? How can you lie to Congress and not go to jail? Are Ivanka and Jared qualified to be playing the role of Sec of State? Putin would like us to abandon Europe and the former Eastern Block countries and get in a war with N Korea. Are voters scared that his naiveté, lack of judgment and gullibility to BS will start WWIII with the N. Koreans?
What are Nunes, Flynn, Sessions, Bannon, and crew hiding if not guilt of working with/for a foreign power to destabilize America?
Is Trump guilty of treason if he allowed his people to assist Russia in messing with our election process and important policy decisions?
RESULT: Putin wins this “cold” war of winning the hearts and minds of the world!

“Facts are stubborn things,” President John Adams, 1770. 

Take responsibility for your BS
Unlike The Don, the conspiracy theorist who started the lie about Hillary’s sex ring in Wash DC pizzeria has apologized. When you yell fire in a crowded theater, there will be consequences. The Pizzeria owner has gotten death threats after a crazed gunman shot up the place looking for Hillary’s sex slaves.
Unlike The Don, a conservative millennial firebrand, who told the truth, has lost her job.  Tomi Lahren has been "banned permanently" from Glenn Beck's The Blaze, according to a report in The New York Post. The reported banning comes after Lahren, 24, was criticized in some conservative circles following a March 17 appearance on ABC’s "The View" in which she revealed that she supports abortion rights. “I’m for limited government, so stay out of my guns, and you can stay out of my body as well,” Lahren said at the time.
The Don said he doesn’t tell lies, he just repeats what he hears on Fox or other “entertainment” outlets.  He takes no responsibility for what he yells in the theater. Trump declined the opportunity to retract the claim, telling the media that "we said nothing" when he tweeted, "How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sp] my phones during the very sacred election process," and that he was merely quoting a "very talented legal mind" he had seen on Fox News.
 Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!
7:02 AM - 4 Mar 2017   53,55753,557 Retweets
 "You should be talking to Fox," Trump said. Fox apologized for the lie made by the “very talented? legal mind" that appeared on the entertainment show. Judge faked it. Napolitano’s source was former CIA guy and never said Obama asked the Brits.
The Don just repeats BS from entertainers because he is an entertainer himself.
GOAL: Build the brand so every person on earth knows what “Trump” stands for and keep repeating the name every day in every way.

Are you considering a Fiat Chrysler vehicle?
Take a look at the reliability ratings on your choice. You may be in for a big surprise. Fiat (worst), Jeep (second-worst), and Chrysler (fifth-worst) dominated the list of underachievers. Meanwhile, Dodge ranked sixth among the bottom of the auto industry barrel. Consumer Reports 2016 reliability ratings suggest these results were no fluke. While you are buying a new ride, cut your insurance premiums with 16 discounts: https://www.amazon.com/Vehicle-Insurance-Beware-Double-Coverage/dp/1480027634



The Don will learn that Tax Reform is like health care—complicated
Why are there 5 to 17 lobbyists for each of our Reps in Washington? Lobbyists are paid over $5.7 million per Rep to make laws that favor their employers including tax subsidies and special exemptions. It has taken 30-40 years for lobbyists to bend the rules to favor their employers. Why should they give that up now? Only one reason—put more of the tax burden on some other guy, usually us, the ordinary tax payer. We have NO lobbyists in Washington buying them dinner, trips, re-elections. Dow company gets over 400 subsidies. GM and Buffett’s companies get over 300. FedEx, GE over 200. The top 500 firms account for more than 16,000 subsidy awards worth $63 billion. Many of these same profitable companies also pay NO taxes. You and I pay for them—we pay for their roads AND their subsidies. Like Trump in 1995, paying no taxes is what the rich want. Why would they change that now? Nearly two-thirds of U.S. companies and 68% of foreign corporations do not pay federal income taxes, according to a congressional report. The Don has promised to give corporations and the wealthy an even sweeter deal. The wealthy would receive a cut of 19% while we get only 4.9%.  Corporations pay about 12% on average so the Trump rate of 15% may only appeal to some. Many leave their profits overseas to avoid paying their fair share. Many use expensive accountants and dummy corporations and tax shelters to avoid taxes like The Don. However,

“Huge” tax cut for corporations and the wealthy will cost us
There is no free lunch so when The Don promises The Wall and a tax cut; we can expect that the US taxpayer will be on the hook for them. Trump has already promised that we not Mexico will pay for The Wall. The tax cut for corporations will be paid by us as a new tariff (‘border adjustment tax’ fools nobody) of over $1 trillion. Walmart, Dollar Gen and oil refiners are already reminding us they will just pass the tax on to us as price hikes. Mad Max maker Mnuchin fears a global tariff war while Exec VP Bannon claims Boeing and GE will smile. Meanwhile our real wages will continue to slide from the high in 1973. If we get a tax cut of 4.9% as promised, it will be taken by Walmart et al. And what about The Don’s promise of the return of the $25 an hour jobs. When you look at the facts—real facts—that robot sales have tripled in some industries, first in cars and now in every unskilled worker job, you might want to show The Don the new factory. Some robots cost only $25,000 and so more jobs require running a computer than a lathe. He should learn that today’s firm must constantly retrain workers just to stay competitive. Instead of building The Wall and giving tax cuts, he should be giving corporations a tax CREDIT for worker training. The border tax will not be enough to pay for his tax cuts.

GOP states continue to keep Dems from voting
AR reinstated a voter ID law that was found as unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court 2014. The only voter charged with voter fraud this year is the GOP chairman in CO, Steve Curtis. Dems do not need to cheat at the voting booth because they can elect winners every time unless the GOP and their Russian friends cheat. Trump has claimed that millions cheated on the last election that HE WON. He forgot his civics lessons: It is legitimate to be registered in multiple states. Most of his family and colleagues do just that and yet they are not charged with voter fraud. Perhaps if the Dems checked in PA and MI they would find enough GOP voting twice for Trump that the actual president is Hillary. Other GOP states have continued to make up stories of fraud in order to keep Dems from voting at the places and times they have voted in the past. Voter suppression is bigger than fraud. Now the GOP uses the tactic of changing Dems normal voting places.

Can America grow without destroying the earth?
The Don is signing an executive order to promote domestic oil, coal and natural gas by reversing much of Obama’s leadership in world warming. Dismantling Obama’s plan is misguided at best. Even Exxon knows we are headed in the wrong direction. "He’s trying to undo more than a decade of progress in fighting climate change and protecting public health,” David Doniger, director of the climate and clean air program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Short-sighted action has consequences. America has made progress in slowing emissions and abundant gas will nix oil and coal expansion. Leadership is not turning the clock back to 1050’s style growth.

Leadership means making the world better for future generations.
An adult who knows better would do what is best for America’s future. For instance, would an adult cut medical research, infrastructure and community development grants to help pay for an expensive luxury? Mexico will NOT pay for The Wall and no adult would promise something they did not know they could do for sure. An extra tax on things we buy from Mexico may not pass Congress. The Don wants to cut research into medical cures and funding for new roads and bridges here at home. These are tangible benefits. The Wall is easily tunneled under. Buying more carriers and bombs is a luxury to most Americans. Obama killed Bin Laden with Seal Team specialists not carriers.  



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We have entered 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 true. Truth is what the loudest voice says it is over and over.  
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. Secret Service needs extra $60 million in taxes to watch him in FL and cover sons to travel to promote Trump properties worldwide. Don going for another DC hotel to profit from foreign visitors for himself. SS protection of his property paid by us. 

Bannon called himself a “Leninist” who wanted to “bring everything crashing down.” State Dept being decimated. Putin thrilled with cuts in aid to 3rd world, NATO, etc!
Putin got GOP party plank to drop sanctions on Ukraine invasion. Here is TrumpWorld

GOP cuts programs of folks who have no power to oppose cuts. Cowardly
The Don (Putin) does not like diplomacy, aid to poor, US environment or culture, finding cures for disease, transportation and education programs.
19 Agencies you may use being cut from American society: The Don does not like Meals on Wheels, Sesame St. NPR radio, Arts, Miners retraining, 62 in all for $343 billion

What GOP does NOT cut:
No cuts to subsidies to Boeing, GE, Intel, Nike, Shell, Fiat, GM, Ford, hundreds more.

Where does The Don get his information?
Trump urged followers to “Watch@JudgeJeanine on @FoxNews tonight”
Another Judge told him the British CIA spied on him for Obama but Napolitano made it up from former CIA source who NEVER said Obama ordered it.


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Lies or “Alternative facts” of The Don: Promises (lies) and Actual outcomes:


GOP just turned smoke into fire—canceling Russia influence probe sinks all Prez men. Trump men gave secrets to House Intel probe which Nunes gives back to Trump. ??
Flynn wants to spill his guts—FBI should put him in safe house away from Putin

GOP ready to shut government down again—tax cuts cost $5 Trillion in debt to China.       

Everyone is covered” in GOP plan except the 24 million who cannot afford it. TrumpCare failed because of the Democrats the Art of Deal maker claims. TrumpCare was a tax cut for the rich, wrapped up in pretty lies about the poor and needy.

Trump accuses Britain of spying on him for Obama. Pissing off our friends. No apology to Brits for his mistake or to Obama for accusing him of a felony. Like birth cert. LIES

Putin’s FSB does surveillance of Trump campaign; makes it look like Obama for chaos

“ObamaCare has been total disaster” scare tactic works for some supporters in KY
The Don threatens House Reps over health—“you will lose in 2018” Kicks in $85 Bil.
The Promoter in Chief lost. Future promotions look dim.

We all thank the president for NOT destroying our health care system this year. We get to keep our 10 essentials that keep people alive—screenings, pediatric, mental health, etc
The Don is not good at deals that are complicated—“health care is complicated
Kaiser Foundation calculated that average deductibles would be $1,550 higher than under Obamacare

GOP gave business our privacy rights so our browser info can be sold w/o permission

Jared in deep with Putin’s bank which supports Putin’s spy activity. Jared mastermind?



Putin influence: Putin marks all over Trump’s crew—“more than circumstantial case.”
The Don was naïve about Russian influence among lieutenants. Spicer claims Trump never asked Manafort, Flynn, others about pay from foreigners. He never vetted them about who paid them during campaign—Manafort, Page, Flynn, Stone, Tillerson, Ross, etc Connections chart. Manafort was campaign manager paid $10 mil yr by USSR.



Putin influence: Russian foreign minister Ryabkov met with Trump campaign. “But we will of course continue this work AFTER the elections.

Putin influence: State Dept senior people and budget cut—Tillerson out of Trump loop.
Ivanka meets with Germany instead of Sec State. USSR medal for Tillerson and Flynn.  








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

Steve Stockman (R-Texas) is accused of stealing nearly $800,000 from 2 charities.
Nissan recalls 56,000 leaks that can cause fires
Daniel Glick, Chicago financial advisor caught using seniors’ money as his own.
Christie throws 2 employees under the bus in his revenge politics. Now drug czar.

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?


FL makes it easier to kill others if you feel threatened—“prove I didn’t feel threatened”

SCAMS:

Ignoramus Award:
United Air cancelled tickets of two teens bec wearing leggings – fashion police or Ivana ?
“We want people to be comfortable as long as it’s neat and in good taste for that environment.”
GA tells couple they can’t name their child what they intend. Must be a parent’s name.

How our government wastes our money:
$7 million for TV ads for an anti-choice Supreme Court judge? We don’t elect them.
The Wall money comes from cancelled medical research to cure diseases.
Each week the golf outings costs us $250,000 even at his own club, SS and coast guard.
Afghanistan fired 1,000 army personnel and generals for corruption—US provides $

Where have all the jobs gone?
Robot sales have tripled and someone must control and repair them. Pizza delivery in EU.
BlackRock largest asset manager, cut 30 jobs and fees. Vanguard takes clients.
NASA employees lose special door lock in space. Retraining or resign? No extras?

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Miracle:
It would be a miracle if Americans could win back the government from politicians.


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Friday, March 24, 2017

Your tax return could create a tax-FREE retirement

Your tax refund could create a $1 million tax-FREE retirement
With The Don and his people under criminal investigation, what do you do with your refund? TrumpWorld has given Wall Street the jitters so stock investors are going to have to reassess their positions. Do like the best investor Warren Buffett does: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. When stocks fall, they are on sale and it is time to buy. Since we don’t know what an individual stock will do in the future, we buy the whole market. Since a market index fund can cost almost nothing, 0.05%, we do not waste our money on a seller’s commission. Vanguard 500 Index has returned 14% a year recently, we can use it. Since 1976 it has returned almost 11% a year. Our refunds can create a $1 million tax-FREE retirement using a special IRS account.

Trump voters are finding his budget unacceptable—want recall election of Trump adm.
Cutting the heating subsidy in rural counties means some supporters will have to move. Cutting miners retraining program means some supporters will need to go back to hauling trash. Some supporters see the value in cutting programs but not the ones that help their neighbors with legal problems. They can’t afford a lawyer so Legal Aid helped them save their home from a $14 tax forclosure. No more. Meals on Wheels is an effective program because the meals the elderly need are delivered by volunteers at no cost. Around the country folks at town halls are making the point that without the so-called “collapsing” ObamaCare, they would probably be dead. But Obama’s program is not collapsing. People who use it are telling their real experience.
Congress and Trump billionaires don’t use ObamaCare so they don’t know what they are taking away from us. Even if you have an employer plan, we will lose help on disputed claims, preventive screenings, and no cap on the cost of our care. 10 cities hit hardest from TrumpCare. Ryan and Trump have used the “collapsing” argument to scare people who don’t know. They promise ACCESS to substandard coverage like we had before Obama. The other “silent majority” seems to be activated and may give Congress people pause before passage Thursday. TrumpCare bill provides the wealthy 1% with a $165 billion tax break. He just added $85 Billion slush fund for states and capital gains break retroactive to Jan 2017. Cancellation of popular programs like Wheels, Legal and ACA will do great harm and will force Dems to get out the vote for the 2018 Congress Sweep.
Socialism for the Rich is not helping Trump voters.

Prepare for TrumpWorld: Use your Retirement Income Checklist
There are so many unknowns in our futures that we must plan a FLEXIBLE financial future. We can anticipate some expenses but generally, we must plan for a range of possible futures. Trump says he will keep Social Security and Medicare but GOP says they will cut benefits. He says he will rebuild America but his budget says cut important spending like a heating subsidy. Instead he boosts corporate subsidies. He cancels the rule requiring advisors to give us the best advice. He cancels bank failure protections. He cuts clean air, water, and social net. He wants more battleships and nukes but says no more costly wars against terrorists.  It is hard to know what he will do.
How will you cope with TrumpWorld? For instance, if you stay invested in some stock mutual funds to overcome inflation, how can you avoid a prolonged flat market? If you count on fixed income like bonds or annuities, what happens if inflation roars back?
Today, retirees need to plan for 30 years AFTER working. Your need two budgets—one for now and one for the survivor.



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How can you leave your brokerage advisor for a better deal?
I help people do their taxes as an AARP tax aide. Some have brokerage accounts or mutual funds that are not giving them the returns they want. They can’t tell me what their advisor has put in their account when I try to determine short or long-term securities. They look like they never even asked what they own. I cannot discuss their assets or situation since I am a volunteer with AARP. However, I point out that many investors are going to Vanguard because of the low-cost funds they offer—both index and managed. Retirees do not have enough time to weather a market storm of minus 25%. Typically, advisors move their clients into bank-like securities—GICs, Stable Value, Cash equivalents—when they stop working. But clients have 30 to 40 years ahead and need growth and income. Actually some have huge bank savings producing $400 to $800 in taxable interest every year. I can’t suggest that they buy a balanced fund like Vanguard’s Wellesley Income so they can earn 8-9% for their future retirement needs. I use this fund to provide my own RMDs since our IRA distributions are considered ordinary income anyway. We are paying the taxes we owe and converting them to tax-free Roth assets.



The Don cannot stop telling LIES—LIES are catching up so no deal on health
What do Trump voters think about his lies? IRS says there is no reason he cannot release his taxes. The Don says voters don’t care yet 74% say he should release his tax returns. His voters wanted affordable health insurance coverage NOT just access to substandard coverage. They don’t want to file bankruptcy because of a hospital stay. His voters wanted to shake up the system but not end miners training, clean air and water, Meals on Wheels, child lunch program and Big Bird. Why aren’t voters upset that Trump did not cut the $ billions of corporate subsidies and lobbyists instead of programs for the poor?  And what about drug prices he promised to cut? Why hasn’t he negotiated lower health care costs? Do voters get a laugh when he accuses the former president and our allies of tapping his phone? Do his supporters think FBI lies when “no support” for Trump’s claim of wiretap? Do his voters still think Obama is not an American after Trump kept saying it for 5 years? Do voters like his unseemly deference to the dictator Putin? Are they OK with Putin invading Ukraine and Eastern Europe? Why do many of his top people seem to be tied to Russian oligarchs? What does Putin have on Trump that causes this softness?
Do voters believe the crazy entertainers that permeate the conservative radio, TV and blogs like Rush, Fox, Levin, Breitbart, Info, etc that tell Trump what to think?
“I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not.”

Are voters scared that his naiveté, lack of judgment and gullibility to B.S. will start WWIII with the N. Koreans and China?

“Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams said in 1770. 





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We have entered 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 true. Truth is what the loudest voice says it is over and over.  
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. Secret Service needs extra $60 million in taxes to cover sons to travel to promote Trump properties worldwide.


Bannon called himself a “Leninist” who wanted to “bring everything crashing down.” State Dept being decimated. Putin thrilled with cuts in aid to 3rd world, NATO, etc!
Putin got GOP party plank to drop sanctions on Ukraine invasion

GOP cuts programs of folks who have no power to oppose cuts. Cowardly
The Don (Putin) does not like diplomacy, aid to poor, US environment or culture.
19 Agencies you may use being cut from American society: The Don does not like Meals on Wheels, Sesame St. NPR radio, Arts, Miners retraining, 62 in all for $343 billion

What GOP does NOT cut:
No cuts to subsidies to Boeing, GE, Intel, Nike, Shell, Fiat, GM, Ford, hundreds more.



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Lies or “Alternative facts” of The Don: Promises (lies) and Actual outcomes:
Trump: “Everyone is covered” in GOP plan except the 24 million who cannot afford it.
Trump accuses Britain of spying on him for Obama. Pissing off our friends. No apology to Brits for his mistake or to Obama for accusing him of a felony. Like birth cert. LIES

Putin’s FSB does surveillance of Trump campaign; makes it look like Obama for chaos

“ObamaCare has been total disaster” scare tactic works for some supporters in KY
The Don threatens House Reps over health—“you will lose in 2018” Kicks in $85 Bil.

GOP claims EPA is releasing "propaganda" that is "brainwashing our kids
For the first time on record, the Gulf of Mexico never fell below 73 degrees

We all thank the president for not destroying our health care system this year. We get to keep our 10 essentials that keep people alive—screenings, pediatric, mental health, etc
The Don is not good at deals that are complicated—“health care is complicated
Kaiser Foundation calculated that average deductibles would be $1,550 higher than under Obamacare


Mattis Defense owns General Dynamics stock as Director and paid fees by contractors 
Conway’s husband to be the head of the Justice Department’s civil division.



Putin influence: Putin marks all over Trump’s crew—“more than circumstantial case.”
The Don was naïve about Russian influence among lieutenants. Spicer claims Trump never asked Manafort, Flynn, others about pay from foreigns. He never vetted them about who paid them during campaign—Manafort, Page, Flynn, Stone, Tillerson, Ross, etc Connections chart. Manafort was campaign manager paid $10 mil yr by USSR.


Putin influence: Russian foreign minister Ryabkov met with Trump campaign. “But we will of course continue this work AFTER the elections.

Putin influence: State Dept senior people and budget cut—Tillerson out of Trump loop.
Ivanka meets with Germany instead of Sec State. USSR medal

Putin influence: Europe, NATO, dissed by US —Tillerson skips NATO for Putin







            Millions of GOP (Russian) votes were illegal. Recall necessary in November.


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

Pat Churchville and ClearPath caught running Ponzi in Providence got 7 years jail time.
The Don’s Ed Dept increased fees for student loan repayment-gift to DeVos lieutenant.
Experian caught deceiving us about credit score: lenders do not use theirs for decisions.

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?


FL makes it easier to kill if you feel threatened—“prove I didn’t feel threatened” Ha

SCAMS:
A California waiter demanded to see 4 Latina women’s ID before he would take their order, refusing to serve them until he saw “proof of residency.” ?? He was fired.

Ignoramus Award:
Yesterday, Trump’s lieutenants praised the Washington Post’s parody of their budget because they never read it. See below from White House Agenda for Friday:

Your 1600 Daily from info@mail.whitehouse.gov

PRESS ROOM
Watch yesterday's press briefing with Press Secretary Sean Spicer and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney here.

NEWS REPORTS
The Washington Post: "Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why" Read More


We fired field workers. No one wants to pick produce. Farmers have even raised wages. 

How our government wastes our money:
We are technically in default having reached our limit of debt for the year.


Where have all the jobs gone?

Which job board sites are best for your job search?


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Miracle:
Conservative host was honest about wanting women’s choice. Honesty does not pay.


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Friday, March 17, 2017

Junk insurance will be the only affordable care under TrumpCare

When TrumpCare becomes law, insurers will be able to charge more; cover less. There will be no standard of care for our premiums. Marketing hype will replace quality.
            “Employers want to be able to tell employees they have something in the area of health insurance,” says David West, Center Changing Workforce. “And most consumers have very little understanding of the details of health insurance until they’re faced with a catastrophic illness.” http://www.consumerreports.org/
GOP: TrumpCare will cut taxes and boost jobs—GOP markets every law that way!
People earning more than $1 million annually would get a $165 billion tax break, Joint Committee on Taxation found. GOP has plans to cut Medicare too: market will determine subsidy and cap your benefits. The Don favors ending Medicaid expansion early so 15 million now covered lose in ‘18. Why are the people affected by TrumpCare, AARP, AMA and AHA against TrumpCare? Trump supporters face the “unintended consequences” of their votes—24 million will lose coverage.


What will you do when GOP tells you buy your own insurance or go without?
If you are earning under $50 an hour will you be able to pay $15,000 to $25,000 to insure your household? If you are employed part time or not able to buy at work, will you be able to afford a stripped-down policy at $2,000 each for your family? Despite what Trump says, you may have access to only 1 policy you can afford and it may not cover a hospital stay or surgery. Half the bankruptcies were medical debt in 2001. This is what Ryan means by “freedom” restored to the health market. But where most people live, there is no “free market” for health care. How can we let 24 million people die early?
Two of my doctors won’t take insurance, and the others are not very good. Millionaire Congressmen pitch “choice” and “competition will reduce the cost of insurance” but in most of America there is no competition. As Romney boasted, “I want to fire my insurer” if I don’t like them. Trump and Congress can afford to do that because we give them outstanding health coverage. Health insurance is like our military defense. Conservative Congressmen do NOT mind paying Lockheed a subsidy for the F-35 fighter program. They pay every over-budget bill from Lockheed even though the bills are a “disgrace.”

Why is keeping all Americans healthy any different? 24 million will die early.


If your advisor seems really giddy, here is why
Trump’s consigliore Bannon and his billionaire team are moving swiftly to return US to the good old days of non-regulated brokerage. Bannon’s “deconstruction of the administrative state” means your advisor can get away with selling you a bad annuity and pocketing 10% or more with no refund for you. Or a high-cost product with returns less than a bank CD. If you buy a derivative, mortgage or otherwise, it may collapse since Dodd-Frank is being disassembled. The commodity regulators and SEC have been cut so there are fewer analysts watching trillions of trades for manipulation. There are fewer IRS auditors for HNW tax shelters and corporate book cookers. There are fewer enforcement acts by FINRA if your broker gets greedy. Trust but verify!

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How great is The Don’s deal making, really?
Consider all The Don’s foreign building projects when you remember that he had to take his US deals (Taj, Plaza, Trump Air, etc,) to bankruptcy court 6 times. Since the banks are not likely to want to be hosed again, The Don goes to the “bank” of last resort: the mob. He has extensive contacts in Russia at a time when the USSR’s assets and businesses are being taken by “only the strong Ivans survive.” He makes a deal with the notorious Azerbaijani oligarchs tied to Iran’s Revolutionary GuardThe development deal does not go well. His links to oligarchs who launder money and are tied to Iran will not be prosecuted by his own department now but Americans should start questioning who The Don is taking money from and what do they have on him.
There are many wealthy Russian oligarchs The Don has had relationships with over the years and Putin runs many conduits.


You have the opportunity to reduce your taxes just like our President
In 1995, The Don reported that he had lost a $ BILLION in his “great deals” and deducted over $915 million on his return. The IRS code that the rich complain about let him offset his income for that year and 18 more so he probably did NOT pay taxes for many years. His accountant said that many rich take advantage of real estate depreciation and loss offsets to income or NOL as it is known. He did this in the 1970s also. He also stiffed the state of New Jersey $30 million on his casino taxes. You may not have real estate assets or a governor friend, but you can still avoid taxes on your retirement fund. The IRS code provides for a tax shelter for working people so that when you retire, you can avoid all the taxes on your retirement income. Any mutual fund or brokerage firm can provide you with this tax shelter account at no charge. All you have to do is set it up in 1 hour and start investing on a regular basis or if you have a 401k going, convert it to this account over time. This is the best LEGAL tax shelter available. You don’t need an offshore tax shelter like the wealth and corporations to pay less.


Most active-managed mutual funds are “priced to fail”
Mutual fund monitor Morningstar found that manager expenses destroy your returns for most funds. According to Jeffrey Ptak, head of global manager research at Morningstar, active mutual fund fees haven’t fallen as sharply as other investment expenses. As a result, more than two-thirds of U.S. equity funds carry expenses that would wipe out their estimated future pre-fee excess returns. Large-cap US active funds are especially poor performers compared with a low-cost index fund at 0.05%. Trading costs more than it is worth. Even IRA accounts are being structured as active managed accounts with increasing fees. Holding a bunch of large profitable firms over time is cheaper and provides a better average return for investors not managers. Putting all our money in one stock is dangerous since it may be 1 in 500 that fails. Hold the largest 500 firms with half their earnings from overseas is the Buffett’s pick. The Vanguard 500 Index is a Top Ten.

The Don proved that “alternative facts” are NOT facts but B.S.
There is a reason that journalists go to school and work for legit news outlets. The President of the United States made a bold faced LIE using his quick reading of the rant of a crazy person published by his advisor Bannon’s former conspiracy blog, Breitbart that Obama, a sitting President actually illegally wiretapped his phone. Source is radio entertainer Mark Levin. Because President Trump does not understand how to research FACTS—he gets his alt facts from Fox, Breitbart, Info, etc—he made a serious mistake that destroyed his credibility with 75% of Americans and leaders of the rest of the world. His LIE about Obama’s birth was an insult for 5 years. His LIE about his inaugural crowd. His LIE about health coverage for all Americans, his LIE about Mexico paying for The Wall and TODAY his LIE about Obama using Britain to spy on him ruins him. Finally his LIE about no contact with Putin’s men has made the real press his enemy in his narcissistic eye. Soon most Americans will disregard what he says. His spacey advisors feed him daily misinformation. The nuclear codes are ready at hand.
The world fears that his naiveté, lack of judgment and gullibility to B.S. will start WWIII with the N. Koreans and China.

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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 us all. Richard DeAgazio might be Russian spy who switched nuclear briefcase on Rick during photo op. Costs $200,000: “They want to be able to say ‘I had dinner at the president’s house.’ ” Winter WH.

Creates fear to control base. Tweets all night using “alternate universe” from Fox
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.
Conservatives jump into anarchy: “the deconstruction of the administrative state.” Bannon called himself a “Leninist” who wanted to “bring everything crashing down.” State Dept being decimated. Putin thrilled with cuts in aid to 3rd world, NATO, etc!

Racist legacy:  “get out of my country” supporter kills restaurant patron in KS. Bannon previously articulated his dismay with South Asians supposedly dominate Silicon Valley.
White high schoolers launch verbal assault “Trump, trump, trump” in racist chant.
Dentist joked a boy was upset because “Trump is going to deport him.” Kicked off plane!

The Don (Putin) does not like diplomacy, aid to poor, US environment or culture.
19 Agencies you may use being cut from American society: The Don does not like Meals on Wheels, Sesame St. NPR radio, Arts, Miners retraining, 62 in all for $343 billion
What he does NOT cut:
No cuts to subsidies to Boeing, GE, Intel, Nike, Shell, Fiat, GM, Ford, hundreds more.
Wealthy 1% will receive a $165 billion tax break,



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Lies or “Alternative facts” of The Don: Promises (lies) and Actual outcomes:
Trump: “Everyone is covered” in GOP plan except the 24 million who cannot afford it.
Spicer: “Trump meant "surveillance and other activities" and not “Obama himself”
GOP claims EPA is releasing "propaganda" that is "brainwashing our kids


Putin influence: Russian foreign minister Ryabkov met with Trump campaign. “But we will of course continue this work after the elections.

Putin influence: State Dept senior people and budget cut—Tillerson out of loop.

Putin influence: Europe NATO Syria US out of loop




Boeing now in charge of Defense Dept –Trump puts exec Shanahan as deputy SoD

GOP votes to allow hunting of grizzly bears and wolves in Alaska’s wildlife refuges. Your children won’t get to see them except in zoos.
Alaska temperature same as Washington DC first time in history. Deniers cancel action.

Mulvaney says only 1 insurer in SC: Medicare provides care without insurance coverage!
GOP Rep Issa says we are going to single payor like Medicare.
Planned Parenthood funding cuts mean more women without birth control so more kids.  



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

Matthew Nemer, WellsFargo violated Finra conflict rules; published misleading research
Regulators are looking at mortgages that finance malls as the next bank crisis.
Nationstar Mortgage caught failing to report accurate data to stakeholders.

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?

FL makes it easier to kill if you feel threatened—“prove I didn’t feel threatened” Ha

SCAMS:

Ignoramus Award:      
GOP votes to allow hunting of grizzly bears and wolves in Alaska’s wildlife refuges.

How our government wastes our money:
The Trump ”brand is the hottest it has ever been” and we pay for $1 billion protection.
$35 BILLION for new Space Launch System from Medicaid cuts.
$ millions defraud Navy bribing Admiral Loveless  by Glenn Defense Marine Asia
$ 22 billions for The Wall since GOP agrees Mexico will never pay. Pay for land/water.
$54 BILLION for ‘battleships’. Seal Teams and drones kill terrorists not battleships.


Where have all the jobs gone?
Afghanistan war provides ongoing opportunity for young: US occupies Afghan for years

Which job board sites are best for your job search?

Who owns your account now?
MetLife retail products now called Brighthouse Financial as it spins off annuity/life.

You can read how this all comes out in Orwell’s 1984: CIA tracks everyone everywhere just like in the book:  http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/2/


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Miracle:
The Don’s 2005 tax return appears: paid 25%--low rate not millionaire rate 39%
            “The "mega-rich" pay about 15 percent in taxes, while the middle class "fall into the 15 percent and 25 percent income tax brackets, and then are hit with heavy payroll taxes to boot."— Warren Buffett 

But... but maybe he's only a little crazy like painters or composers or... or some of those men in Washington. Mr Shellhammer in Miracle on 34th street about Santa Claus claiming to be Santa.


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