New ways the wealthy avoid taxes that we have to pay
for
Trump’s new tax limits the amount that property
owners in high property tax states can deduct. The limit on SALT (state and
local taxes) is $10,000. Trump allowed this because all his properties are
owned by his companies which are not limited in right offs. Average homeowners
in NJ for instance pay about $18,000 in property and 9%
income tax or about $8,000. NJ Gov Christie ordered all counties to accept
prepaid taxes last year so at least the first year tax was deductible. Wealth
people’s lawyers are looking for permanent relief from this limit. One is to put
residences into a limited liability company. Then they transfer interests
in the LLC to five to ten separate trusts set up in Alaska , with each taking the maximum
$10,000 deduction. They can then preserve the write-off for $50,000-$100,000 in
property taxes they pay each year on all their homes. It costs a few dollars to
maintain this legal loophole but it’s worth it. NJ
govt is testing the use of county non-profit charities to receive the property
taxes of its homeowners.
Avoid paying wealthy people’s taxes: https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Tax-Shelter-Avoid-taxes/dp/1985448300
SCAMS: Beware illegal trading in
elderly or estate accounts
Ami Forte, formerly Morgan
Stanley, Tampa and her manager Terry McCoy were involved in an award for
$34 million to the estate of the founder of the Home Shopping Network. They
were liable for unauthorized
trading, breach of fiduciary duty/constructive fraud, negligence, negligent
supervision and unjust enrichment. Even if the estates or senior’s
accounts in your family are not huge, make sure you confirm what the advisor is
doing. Just because this brokerage is famous does not necessary mean everyone
there is giving your relative the best deal for your family. Meeting with the
local manager and obtaining trading justifications in writing are going to make the firm
think twice about ‘churning’ the account. The only reason to trade in
this type of account is to produce income for the advisor and firm. High broker
production is the way to become a wealthy and famous advisor so that more
wealthy people will hire them. As with so many brokers caught violating the
rules, Forte has moved on to the Pinnacle, a new firm so she can do it again.
Perhaps your family account would be better off at a firm with brokers on
salary, like Vanguard or TIAA or with a fee-only planner https://www.napfa.org/
Check all transactions: https://www.amazon.com/Pimps-Wall-Street-money-middlemen/dp/151525254X
Do you have a dispute with your
broker?
You signed an account form that
requires you to use arbitration not law suit if you want your money back for a
bad act. You must file at FINRA, the
self-regulating brokers’ organization. http://www.finra.org/investors/dispute-resolution
Market volatility has increased the number of filings by 47%. Cases related to Puerto Rico
bond fraud and requests by brokers to have their Finra records expunged may
also be contributing to the increase, according to FINRA. Attorney Adam Gana,
who defends investors in Finra proceedings, said he's seeing this trend in his
practice, where there has been an uptick in cases involving theft and
"selling away"—instances where brokers sell products not approved by
their firms that turn out to be part of a fraud or Ponzi scheme.
Use the pain-FREE ‘advisor’: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Robo-Advisor-Ultimate-Automatic-Management/dp/1537111957
Are you getting all your Medicare
benefits?
53% of older adults don’t know
that Medicare Part B “doctor visits, etc costs $134 a month, according to a
survey of adults over age 50. Social Security deducts this amount as well as
Part D drugs if chosen. Many adults believe that it covers long-term care. Medicare
covers nursing home care only for rehabilitation and other limited
circumstances. Medicaid covers LTC for those with few financial resources. We
can’t qualify by giving away assets within 5 years of our need for LTC. Learn
more about Medicare in the government’s official handbook. The Medicare
office is also on YouTube. With the GOP gunning for cuts in the benefits we
have paid for all our lives, it is smart to learn and plan ahead. Trump tax
cuts will be paid for by us not wealthy.
GOP religionists reversing America ’s tolerance for personal choice
Scalia stand-in Gorsuch has begun
to move America back to the 50s when protestant white men decided everyone
else’s choices. Trump party Supremes
kill CA law requiring communication: Notices of CA women’s options
removed from clinic was deemed violation of free speech rights of
pro-lifers. In fact, women
are lied to in these religionist’s clinics: ‘abortion leads to breast
cancer.’ Trump’s Supremes have a religious
bias. They said a baker who is selling cakes in the open market can
discriminate against people he does not like. Using religion and one group’s 1st
amendment rights can justify discrimination of anyone. GOP engineered Gorsuch
into a Supreme seat by denying Obama’s candidate a hearing. The Trump
party has filled the lower courts with those who wish to exclude people by
skin color or religion or wealth. As ‘The Leader’ has stated, the Trump
party only wants people from Norway. Now the Trump
party has their wish: their Supremes ban people from poor Muslim countries. They did not
ban Muslims from the country that carried out the 9/11 Saudi bin Laden attack.
‘The Leader’ does
not want ‘due process’—a hallmark of America . He wanted to keep the children
of asylum seekers in cages until their hearings. He feels he is above
the law himself and his edicts
should be the law. The Path to Dictatorship is repeated.
Are you using the most powerful
force in your investing strategy?
Warren Buffett says ‘compounding’
over time is the real creator of wealth. Not many investment gurus agree
because they only make money by doing the opposite: trading. But no guru has
matched Buffett’s 19% gain per year for 50 years. Invest $3,000 a year—$250 a
month—and over time it grows like this: $55,000 in 10 years; $218,000 in 20
years; $707,000 in 30 years; 1,111,000 in 34 years; $2.2 million in 40 years.
You paid about $100,000 for your $1 million and $120,000 for your $2.2 million.
You have time.
Use time not advisor’s fees: https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Buffett-Your-Investment-Advisor/dp/1518690963
Annuity sellers given green light
to steer us to high-cost products
State insurance regulators just
voted down a ban on sales contests and travel awards for agents. Now they can
push the high-cost products that earn them a trip to Bahamas or Fiji . Sales
contests can create aggressive sales tactics that don’t advance a
consumer-centered best interest standard. The NAIC group also failed to pass a
cost-benefit disclosure for customers. This means we will not be able compare
these complex products with other offers. We will have to pay an unbiased law specialist
to do the cost-benefit analysis for us. Annuities are contracts that contain
complicated clauses that limit our gains and protect the insurance firms. They
are designed so the insurer always makes a profit no matter what the market and
interest rates do. Unless interest rates are high or the market is going up
steadily, an annuity has costs that exceed the benefits for customers. The
regulators rely on the insurers for income so they agreed to insurers wishes. Beware
strong sales tactics—promised guarantees and benefits need checking.
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Only a criminal
looks to a pardon for a defense
Trump’s Gestapo
ICE troops break into house in front
of kids
TX
deputy sexually assaults immigrant girl taken from Mom
Constitution: no clause
for ‘absolute right’ to pardon
“He speaks and people sit up at attention,” Trump said. “I
want my people to do the same.” Bible has slavery verse too
FBI
finds answers in ‘The Don’s’ consigliore’s office/home/hotel
Trump thinks the govt is ‘conspiring
against him.’
Trump
received money-laundering funds from Russians
Trump
to thank Putin for Presidency with meeting
(Dictators often
have delusion
they are being attacked by insiders)
Putin’s influence: Manafort,
Flynn, Gates, Page, Stone, Papadopoulos, Sater, Zwaan jailed,
Kilimnik,
Prince,
Jr,
Jared,
Sessions,
Cohen,
Yohai,
Freidman
Manafort
put in jail for witness-tampering: Needs pardon bad!
Putin controls power
utilities, 21 state voting
files, Trump
slush fund, networks
“The
election is going to be rigged—I’m going to be ‘honest’”
Trump can “adjourn
them [Congress] to such Time as he shall think proper.” Art II, Sec 3
Can Trump postpone Nov 2018
election using excuse of Putin meddling needs fixing?
Elections compromised by Russia , big money, media, liars.
Two Americas : A Banana Republic?
4 of 5
Supremes say OK
to seize our cell records showing friends, location, personal data.
Trump wants to do
away with due process and other laws dictators don’t like.
Trump separated kids 10/2016 as
test: no
records kept of parent link. Nazis had records.
Prison operators (GOP
donors) stand to make $ millions from Trump’s separations
Supremes
kill law requiring communication: options notice violates free speech
rights??
Middle
class shrinking: wages
for ‘nonsupervisory’ jobs falling even in great market
After large tax cut, workers'
share of corporate income less than in 1958
Men are no longer in the workforce. 31%
vs 14% in 1950 are not contributing.
Number
of products NOT made in America is growing: cheap labor, automation
Europeans will NOT have to pay tariff
on Harleys: Trump
sends Europe our jobs
Supremes
help destroy unions—freedom to cut wages, benefits, bargain, membership
Trump
lawyer: Russia probe crimes ‘cleaned up with pardons’: criminals he knows!
Pre-Roe,
abortion
was illegal in 30 states even raped: Banana Republics outlaw it.
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How Govt wastes our money: Congress
spends $1.3 Trillion we don’t have!
Mrs Trump spent $200,000
of our taxes to say “I really don’t care” to refugees in TX.
20 states will end
coverage for pre-existing conditions: Premiums to double
IRS
paid $ millions for debt collectors for NOT collecting past due taxes.
Trump’s head of weather
bureau wants to eliminate ‘climate’ from mission: add economy
Trump’s
taxes hits churches with 21% tax on employee benefits.
GOP
gives $428 Billion to agribusiness bec/ profits down: “prices low”: cut
food stamps
SCAMS/SPINS:
When you
swear your tax return true and it isn’t, you’re jailed—Not
The Don; he winks
Trump’s
mobster uses his tax-FREE foundation to take bribe from big oil and gas
firm.
Trump
claims few Americans live in poverty: UN says 40 million; 42 mil on food
stamps
Trump’s
mobster accused of child abuse by his own church: Bible justifies
separation!
N
Korea already expanding weapons-grade fissile material: Trump made bad deal
MD cut
80,000 voters from registration so not counted: suppression
of DEMs again.
TX
GOP gerrymandering upheld by Supremes DEMs vote limited to own districts
NC
GOP gerrymandering stands by Supremes DEMs limited to own districts
WellsFargo
caught
improperly selling high-fee products: fine but no jail time
Darayl
Davis, Chicago, caught in Ponzi: promised
safe 6% return in insurer.
Trump
allows endangered red wolves to be killed if step over refuge boundary.
Jobs:
Bonus
to work there: First job earnings give us leg up and pay off student loans
63,000
$50K truck driving positions: they even pay to get training and license
McKinsey
research says millions looking for work by 2030: technology
took their jobs.
Trump tariffs
mean more jobs lost not gained: election
will show fewer get jobs from cuts
Trump’s
tariffs creating more
jobs overseas to keep global sales going: Don
not so smart
Trump’s
tariffs cut coal exports from Obama years—big layoffs in Trump country
EPA
seeking oil gas execs to cut regs so their firms can pollute: fox protects
henhouse
Fox prez
(helping Roger Ailes have fun at work) gets hired
to work TrumpTV inside WH
Trump-resort
investor gets to run Trump IRS – Trump tax returns will be toast: Mueller?
GOP
fills Supremes
to help Trump avoid Mueller subpoena/indictment—one guy rules
Who owns your account now?
Smartcars
are killing people with distractions, false safety, new gadgets
Pillpack
to Amazon—Bezos wants to cut out middleman in drug business
Can we trust Ari
Melber to explain the legal case against POTUS? Steele?
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