Friday, February 8, 2019

Trump vows to keep Socialism for the Wealthy


Trump vowed to keep Socialism for the Wealthy
“We renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country," Trump said in his State of the Union address. But we already are a socialist country … for the wealthy. How else can we explain thousands of corporations and individuals that pay no tax and receive $ billions in subsidies? More than 60% of investors with $25 million or more are investing overseas, Spectrem found. What is their motivation? Tax shelters act as money black holes. America’s system of subsidies is complicated and long lasting. Since the beginning, some people and their companies have received help from a Congress whose members are mostly millionaires. In fact, Congress people are the only Americans who can legally make money on ‘insider information.’ Farmers and corporate farms continue to get rich even though the reason for subsidies ended 100 years ago. Some wealthy Americans have not paid their fair share of tax because they have their lobbyists help Congress make the rules. The current president and his son Jared are specific examples. One of the traits of a socialist society is that the elites get richer as the workers get less over time. Americans think that if you can get away with not paying your fair share of taxes you must be smart. We are in love with the American form of socialism that rewards the elites and socializes their failures. Our tax money bailed out all the big banks and companies that made bad decisions in 2006-7. Ordinary tax payers never get free money from this socialist government. Example: Trump’s business ‘smarts’ ended in bankruptcy 6 times. He is revered for his deal making, a TV star, and now president. The irony is that the president’s supporters are the victims of America’s Socialism for the Rich. Can America survive if the rich get richer and the poor get poorer?

Trump’s 20% deduction applies ONLY to bigger ‘small’ businesses
Final rules on this huge tax giveaway were issued and only Trump and his friends qualify for the 20% deduction—profit bump for ‘pass-through’ to match the giveaway to corporations. Many wealthy people hide their assets in separate entities—LLCs, corporations, partnerships. This is because you only get the assets (if any) of that entity if you sue because you were harmed by that entity. For instance, Trump uses over 500 LLCs in his empire. He uses debt which is deductible. Some use debt as income so they have no income tax. And if the wealthy structure their ventures in such a way that each creates losses, they may end up with a much lower percentage of taxes than the average high income person. Thus a NYC computer coder earning $180,000 but having only the standard deduction ($12,000) will be paying 32% of income ($57,000) while Jared Kushner pays 0%: a refund $ -4,000. The net result is that a small real estate investor (1-3 buildings) gets no break from the 20% deal. Nor can they take advantage of the new Opportunity Zones. For instance, an investor who invests $1 million and sees their investment appreciate to $1.8 million by 2028 would be able to sell at any time after that without paying federal income tax on proceeds in excess of $1 million. This benefits large real estate moguls like Jared and friends who can skip taxes on projects they would do anyway. Regular tax payers pay for the infrastructure they use without paying any taxes. You have a tax-FREE option.
  
How much tax is due on money you inherit?
Most of your inheritance is NOT tax free. The feds and states have different rules. Estate tax is paid out of the decedent’s assets before any distribution to beneficiaries. An inheritance tax is a state tax that you pay when you receive money or property from the estate of a deceased person. Unlike the federal estate tax, the beneficiary of the property is responsible for paying the tax, not the estate. However, as of 2018, only six states impose an inheritance tax. The six states that impose an inheritance tax include Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Some states exempt some family members. Usually life insurance is tax free unless it was sold to you or it is really a life annuity. If you're the beneficiary of an estate or trust that must distribute all of its current income, you must report your share of the distributable net income, whether or not you actually received it. If property you receive this way later produces income such as interest, dividends, or rents, that income is taxable to you. If you inherit the family home or capital asset like stocks, you owe nothing if sold for the same value at death. If you inherited a pension or an IRA, you may have to include part of the inherited amount in your income. See Pub. 575 if you inherited a pension. See 590-A and 590-B if you inherited an IRA. Essentially, the IRS wants the tax on any tax deferred income before and after death. The only exception is money from a Roth IRA.

Avoid TTax $39.99 Refund Processing fee
You don’t need to spend $40 just to receive your refund. Turbo and other preparers advertise $0 cost filing. But then how does the cost end up over $50? We’ve been had! We want to receive our refund quickly and we don’t want to pay up front so we go for the Refund Processing Fee. Just like the quick refund loans of the past, we are going to pay unconscionable costs for instant gratification. We are misled by ‘$0 cost’ promise. By the time we finish with Turbo, we pay $79.98 or more. Each step of our return adds costs we are not informed about. And another fee to file state return too. I gave up after the first year. I found really free sites like Tax Hawk and FreeTaxUSA on irs.gov/app/freeFile/. One charges $12.95 for state filing. I have been using both for 5 years. My returns require almost all the forms and they still cost $12.95 total. Actually, you can avoid the state charge if you file in a state that has its own free site like New Jersey. IRS issues more than 9 out of 10 refunds in less than 21 days. You can track your refund using our Where’s My Refund? tool.

BEWARE not all ETFs are worth the cost
ETFs are day-traded index funds. As an index fund, the manager has settled on the securities. So why do some ETFs charge us over 1%? Could it be that Wall Street has turned this index fund into another cash cow? This one is a fund of funds and thus has a lot of mouths to feed. People invest in BDCs mainly as income plays because they generally pay chunky dividends. In that vein, the BIZD fund sports a 30-day SEC yield of 9.67 percent. But that can turn south in a minute and you will be stuck with the high annual expense charges. Low cost beats high cost every time.

USA can’t tax it if it’s on the high seas
Another way the wealthy avoid paying their fair share: Put assets on the oceans under tax-free state registry. Some yachts carry $ millions in art. The yacht and the art are inside separate legal entities so that they can avoid personal taxation and legal attachment from lawsuits. Dems may find it hard to tax wealth if it does not appear under a person’s name but under a trust. In fact, the wealthy are laughing at Dems ideas to tax them. Their banks gained from Trump’s tax cut—tax fell to 19% from (2016) 28%. Wealthy got more dividends. You can avoid future taxation also by using an IRS-OK account.


Why pay 12% tax on my 2% interest?
There has to be a better way: I did my taxes and that includes paying tax on my interest from various financial institutions. I keep the money liquid because of the phantom ‘emergency’ that never happens. Meanwhile year after year I have to pay tax on the meager earnings. This year, I found a better way to never pay taxes again. There is an IRS-approved account that allows me to earn interest but never pay tax on the earnings. I can open this account at almost any institution—bank, brokerage, mutual fund, etc. I can take out my contributions anytime without tax. If I never use it, I can spend all the earning later without paying taxes. My family can use this account for any final expenses so I don’t need life insurance once the kids are grown.




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Make America, “The Don”, Great Again
Truth isn’t truth, his lawyer says
Yes, he ‘coached’ Cohen for Congress, his new lawyer says


Two Americas: A Banana Republic? Do we really want an infant king? Daddy Putin!


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How Govt wastes our money: Congress spends $1.3 Trillion we don’t have! 
Trump starts new arms race: Putin orders new missile program to hit Europe Reagan flips
Trump spends most of time with TV: wasted taxes—60% of $1/2 million + free planes
Trump gives up our open spaces in the Interior Dept to big oil lobbyist: more oil fields!
How could $1.8-billion Navy destroyer crash into oncoming cargo ships in 2017?

Trump border troops cost $1 billions and catch very few murders, smugglers, bad guys.

SCAMS/SPINS:
Religionists are wrong: God did NOT install Trump—GOP tricks and Putin’s mob did.

Trucks too expensive—good for GM; bad for us: GM profit rose-dump cars and staff
Keyless cars are natural for theft: you can buy the ‘relay  boxes’ to steal cars for $20.
Cable TV becoming a scam? Watch HBO for $15 not $150.
Name-brand foods and spirits may be scams. Costco Amazon test the experts.

Calm.com to settle your anxiety, sleep, etc worth $1 billion according to brokers.
Capital Securities, ‘Mr T’ confessed to theft of $1.5 million from 2 teachers. Suicide.

Brokerage clients seeking 2nd opinion for more advice: like getting home remodeled.
Edward Lee Moody, VA, stole from seniors/church $6.6 million Ponzi: 13 yrs jail.


Dems try to use Wall money to improve SS benefits for poor retirees

Dear President Trump, this is how drug smugglers get over/under existing Walls.

Trump has friends at Deutsche Bank the Russian ‘money-laundering’ bank.
Individual 1” could be a Russian “asset”: Why FBI opened a file on The Mob Boss.
Trump has done what Putin wants: EXIT NATO, IRAN, SYRIA, INF Treaty, AFGAN.

The Mob Boss can never go to jail: Trump has Kava as Supreme so no indictment.
‘No man is above the law’ … well up till now. Dictators nullify courts first, then votes.
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Jobs:
GM fires 4,000 white collar jobs—mostly tech; files new mass layoff notices with state
Ford hires 500 in Chicago to make SUVs: stop making cars and Mustang.

Economic growth is tied to immigrants, 1 in 4 in San Diego foreign-born, Mayor Faulconer

Who owns your account now?
DNA testing service gives your data without your knowledge: your relative does crime?
GE long-term care program gets bonus from corp GE to keep policies alive. 
Amazing! All your data is available on the internet: How to remove from some sites.

SunTrust Banks merge into BB&T with new name but BBT CEO King.

Miracle:

Frozen cat survives in Kalispell: all it takes is a hair dryer.

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