Friday, February 22, 2019

Trump’s own Socialism: he pays no taxes and gets all the elite perks just like Putin


Trump’s own Socialism: he pays no taxes and gets all the elite perks
In 1997, Trump paid no taxes on income of over $10 million by claiming he had losses of (deductions) of $1 Billion ($915,729,293). He could carry the losses forward to avoid taxes over 18 years. He declared that he is a hero for not paying his fair share during the election debate. In 1978 he claimed he lost $406,379 in business so he paid no taxes despite living the lifestyle of a millionaire. Now he says he is against socialism. But he and the wealthy enjoy the advantages of American socialism. He got out of his debts by claiming bankruptcy 6 times. He stiffed his workers on casino and building projects. His ties to Russian organized crime and money laundering show a mob boss pattern. He did not pay his taxes on casino profits in New Jersey. He used money others contributed to his charity to pay fees. If you or I did these things we would be in jail. Trump’s Socialism creates a society where the rich live ABOVE the law and most of us live under the law.

Is the Tax-refund Millionaire plan right for you?
If you begin this year, you could have a retirement nest egg of $1,000,000 by just investing your refund. Yes, it takes time and commitment but think of your future. Based on the historical returns of a low-cost market index fund, you can reach that goal in 34 years. If you have 27 years, you need to invest more each month or settle for $500,000. If you have 21 years, you could have $250,000. What you see here is the Miracle of Compounding. You invest the same amount $250 a month. You double your nest egg between 27 years and 34 years. You are investing the same amount during that period but the previous years’ earnings are also growing at the market rate. You can check out how money grows by using this calculator: moneychimp.com/features/market_cagr.htm. If you had started in 1990, your stock investment would have grown at 10.79%. In fact over any 10-year period, your money would have grown more than any other asset—bank, bonds, real estate, commodities, gold, silver, almost anything. All your future earnings are tax-FREE too.

Amazon with $11 Billion profits given a $0 tax bill!
How is it possible that the most profitable corporations—Amazon, Google, Apple, Facebook—pay no taxes and we, making much less, pay more? Congress writes the tax code—not Trump, not IRS, not Treasury, not CIA. Your Congress person and mine. Congress gave in to their lobbyists who wrote special credits and exclusions. Amazon used various unspecified ‘tax credits’ as well as a tax break for executive stock options. This would be the second year in a row that the company has avoided paying federal taxes, despite being valued at a whopping $1 trillion. The average American pays $10,489 in "personal taxes," representing 14% of the average household's total income. This includes federal and state income taxes, as well as other taxes such as personal property taxes, vehicle taxes, and certain other small taxes. $8,367 of this amount is federal income taxes, $2,046 is state and local taxes, and $75 is other small taxes. It is no wonder we have little saved for retirement.

What do we invest in during retirement?
Let’s say you have $500,000 in your tax-deferred retirement accounts—traditional IRA, company pension, 401k, 403b, etc. (rolled over to IRA). You reach age 70 and must begin to pay tax on that money.  The IRS tells us how much we need to withdraw from our accounts so we can pay tax on it as regular income. The amount is about 3-4% of the total balance of all our deferred accounts as of the end of the previous year. Our example: $500K x.04 = $20,000. Tax may be $2,800 including state tax because this amount (RMD) may cause our SS benefit to be taxed. Our goal is to stay ahead of this Required Minimum Distribution by earning more than the 4%. Banks can’t help us so we must go to securities. Unless we are really lucky and have bonds and stocks that produce high yields and dividends, we need a solid balanced (stocks and bonds) fund. Preferably we don’t want to pay high fees and commissions for this fund so we actually keep over 4%. Several firms offer low-cost funds. Vanguard made its name on low-cost funds.

Do you need a car that goes 200,000 miles?
Consumer Report says your best bet is Camry, Accord, Prius, CR-V, Sienna, Civic, F-150, Suburban, Outback and Forester. Almost any car can make it to 200,000 miles and beyond, if you spend enough money on it. But that's not necessarily a good idea. It's better to buy a safe and reliable model, and then properly maintain it. Make sure you follow the maintenance schedule in your owner’s manual, and take care of minor problems as they arise. If you need a reliable vehicle, remember that many new cars lose up to 40% of their value in first 3 years. Most unbiased advisors will tell you to find the bargain at the used car lot of a prominent dealer. I found my bargain at a Ford dealer after looking at every offer listed in my price range $12,000 on cargurus.com, truecar.com and autotrader.com. Mine had some minor flaws so I was able to know off $500. I also re-shopped my car insurance since insurers change rates so often. Check usage-based rates.

What can physics tell us about a volatile market?
I am reading Breakfast with Einstein by Chad Orzel. In his description of the how our objects can be solid if they are made up of all those subatomic particles that constantly move, he explains their relative positions can only be understood as ‘probabilities.’ The fact that steel is solid in my lifetime does not mean it will be forever. It is an alloy of elements such as manganese, chromium, nickel, tungsten, and so on. Basically, steel is an iron-carbon alloy that does not undergo eutectic reaction. It is mass produced using sophisticated processes that take advantage of how atoms and particles act together. But all matter/energy changes over time and we use the combos that have a high probability of stability for a while (unlike nitroglycerin which can release a lot of energy quickly at a little jolt). Now I understand Zhou Wang’s Quantum Uncertainty in Investing: You can earn 3.69% or 11.11%. The overall market is like the steel while following one stock is like the electron particle that moves all the time. There are so many forces acting on one particle (stock) that it can only be ‘followed’ with probability tables. The total market probabilities are higher. Over time, the market grows by 10-12% a year.

Can our society survive when the most fortunate never pay taxes?
2018 was a good year for the wealthy. One made $7.7 Billion in 2018 by charging other wealthy people 2% plus 20% of the first total earnings. Most hedge funds earned over 8% while the broad market lost 6.7%. But the owners are already wealthy and so they attract more money despite the poor long-term track record. Buffett recently beat some fund managers’ strategies with his bet on the broad market returns (11%) over time. My guess is many wealthy people stay invested in the broad market stocks like Buffett does. Even when they have a down year, they still become richer by holding on to their investments. Plus most of them have paid specialists to use tax-avoidance techniques not available to us. How could they NOT become richer? They earn more on their assets because they pay little or no taxes. We could become richer TOO if we paid ZERO taxes. Many like Trump’s friends and family pay nothing so they add another 20% to their wealth every year. The heads of our corporations now earn 312 times a worker’s pay up from 30 to 1 in 1978. They avoid tax on most of their pay while a worker pays 14% in 6 tax areas. They even obtain tax breaks from our cities on each location. Wealth inequality will eventually become untenable in America like it has in every society in history. When the winners take all—90% of all our assets—bad things happen. More workers realize the dream is closed to them.


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Make America, “The Don”, Great Again
Truth isn’t truth, his 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! 
AZ law makers have immunity from arrest for their law breaking: how about us?
Trump lied: more troops STAY in Syria—guerillas regroup to fight again.

SCAMS/SPINS:
Forget the B.S.: Read the ‘Green New Deal’ resolution for yourself—just 1 page.
Why Trump calls ‘media the enemy of the people’: ‘Truth is not truth’ it is what I say.

Trump mob violates disclosure like Jared but just says ‘sorry’: no fine, no punishment.

21,000 give money to online ‘friend’: lost $143 million. Few caught, no refunds.
Bruce Worthington, MA, caught stealing $100,000 with fake returns, docs: fine no jail.
Franklin Templeton Funds overcharged their own employees too: $14 million fine.

Cardinal Theo McCarrick caught child sex abuse, cover up, misled us, lied: no jail time.
Survivors: You are “murderers of the soul.” Priest “made me get 3 abortions-no condoms  

Smollett fakes attack because he is “dissatisfied with his salary!” Just ask for a raise?
Who can you trust? Top Merrill broker caught overcharging $2 million for years: Jailed.
Old scam comes to ‘life’: Using ‘young’ person’s blood does nothing about aging.

I didn't need to do this," on declaring the emergency. "But I'd rather do it much faster."
Scam the stupidest people in his base,” according to Coulter on Emergency Border $B.
How can we re-elect this fellow? Polls say yes. A challenger might take some his 44%!
“If we could get the Klan to clean out D.C. socialist-communistsAL newspaper owner.


Individual 1” could be a Russian “asset”: Why FBI opened a file on The Mob Boss.

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:

  

Who owns your account now?
Survivor help-group provides support on financials: https://www.wingsforwidows.us/
Shopping car insurance pays: 75% shop once over the past five years; 40% in the year.

Miracle:

Priests abuse & torment deaf kids: who is in charge? Pope condones abuse? No jail time!


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