How to cut
credit-card debt
How have you started
the New Year? Most folks are in the negative for their portfolio. Usually a
down market means it is a good time to buy stocks or their funds. However,
inflation is taking every last dime so far. In order to make your paycheck
stretch farther, you can cut expenses to pay off the debt so you are in the
positive by year end. We had been paying for a storage unit. We had a lawn sale
to make money and end the lease. We cut out Netflix and lowered our cable bill.
Instead of our usual week in
Everyone needs help:
https://www.amazon.com/dont-have-money-Financial-Emergencies/dp/1537636707
Tax-refund
Millionaire-- https://www.irs.gov/refunds
Most people spend their tax refund—your refund could be a retirement nest egg
Michele had trouble saving. She seemed to always be waiting for her next paycheck. She never had enough to save for a rainy day like her Mom did. She used to make about $35,000 as a shop manager but with federal, social security, Medicare and state taxes, unemployment, disability, and health insurance, she was not able to put anything away for retirement. Years ago, her local tax preparer suggested she use her tax refund to create a retirement fund. Usually Michele would use her refund to pay bills or buy something special. The tax preparer said that if she agreed to start an IRA with $2,000 of her refund, she would be able to increase her refund—Uncle Sam would help her save. The amount she invested would reduce her income and make her refund larger. The $2,000 could grow over time, if she left it in stock mutual funds in her IRA account. Over time, it has grown large enough that she will have enough for retirement.
I will help you start in 1 hour: https://www.amazon.com/Tax-Refund-Millionaires-Let-Uncle-Help/dp/149595644X
Retirees use RMD not annuity to empty their nest eggs
New retiree use of in-plan lifetime annuities to draw income for the first time fell to 18% in 2018, from 62% in 2000. Most retirees count on some form of tax-deferred account for income in retirement. Social Security was never meant to be the sole source of support. It has become the only nest egg for many low-income households because American business stopped offering lifetime pensions. For retirees with tax-deferred accounts, an annuity may be offered by their employer plan as a source of income for the rest of their lives—guaranteed. However, inflation can cut the annuity benefit in HALF in 20 years after employment. Annuities are expensive to fund and to get your money back. For many, the IRS required minimum distribution (RMD) calculated by their mutual fund complex offers the best solution. It fulfils the legal tax requirements based on life expectancy and helps you plan your income for the rest of your life.
https://www.amazon.com/Warren-Buffetts-Vanguard-Funds-Retirement/dp/1496148592
Buy your financial services without sales person costs
If you shop at Costco, BJ or Sam’s Club, you know that you can save a lot by buying without a sales person. For the benefits of buying this way, it is best to know what you need or want. There is every reason to save on financial services by buying this way—without having to pay a sales person. Find out what you need by using unbiased sources—books, website articles and knowledgeable agents. For instance, using government sites that explain coverages and types, you can decide to buy straight term life and basic car coverage legally required in your state. Then, using a consolidator, you compare insurance prices for you by multi-carrier internet sites. For mutual funds or single securities, the regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has information to help you choose which type to use in your 401k, IRA, or cash account. Stocks are the safest for long term investing since they beat inflation over time. Money needed for an emergency can be left in a bank CD. In all cases, shop and compare. For instance, a low-cost stock index fund provides a greater nest egg than a licensed advisor. You can lose up to 63% of your total accumulation to costs.
Pay more; get less: https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Financial-Advisors-Told-me-alternatives/dp/1478281545
Have you taught your child how to make tax-FREE money?
Make sure you teach your kids how to create wealth the easy way. My parents were not investors. At my first job, I had no clue which investment option to use for my 401k contribution and company match. The HR person told me to put it into the 'safe' stable value fund. That was the worst choice at my age I learned later when I got my securities licenses. If I had followed their advice I would have ended up with $150,000 instead of a Wealth Reserve of $877,233 about 33 years later. I have used this 'Wealth Reserve' as I call it to have funds to buy low-cost insurance, to buy two homes and 5 cars with higher down payments or cash, and now to receive $2,500 a month in retirement supplement. Now your child can build an account that provides tax-FREE retirement income too.
Time is on their side: https://www.amazon.com/Give-your-child-leg-up-manage/dp/1096505355
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Like 1776, this
period is a test
of democracy—We
rejected an "American
fascist" once
The
Path to Dictatorship: 2010-2030
Nov 2020 Wealthy
discredit election process
Jan
6 2021 Direct
assault failed: guns
& bombs ready
Trump
runs the party from his home
How Govt wastes our money:
FL
rejected 54 math textbooks K-12 citing critical race theory in equations
GOP crazies!
Trump
judge decides we can all spread
Covid on planes, trains, bus: GOP
goal 1 mil dead
Half of us now taxed on our
Social Security benefits: threshold not pegged to inflation
Wealthy haven’t
always hidden their income, tax rate: disclosure
proved honesty/fairness
Biden
expanding oil/gas drilling leases despite promise on climate goals
SCAMS/SPINS:
Trump
runs GOP from hotel in FL: you
must kiss his ring to win like Vito
GOP
does not need the debates: it’s Trump or anyone BUT the Dems
Alex
Jones' InfoWars files for bankruptcy: takes the money and runs away from
lies
Mass
shootings become daily activity in US: no gun control: make your own $100.
White
supremacists/homegrown extremists remain top threat: homeland security.
German Nino UBS stole
$5 million, fake signature, fake balances, fake transfers
Shawn E. Good Morgan Stanley stole
$4.8 mil. Ponzi: promised low-risk returns
Jeffrey Judd, Christopher Humphries caught
fraud risk-free 12.5% returns Ponzi
“I will help you make money” SCAM: link
takes you to fake site: lose big time
Synthetic
identity fraud rip off state and federal programs as well as consumers’
credit.
"free
genetic testing" scam: claim Medicare agent: you stuck with bill that
rejected
Napleton Auto caught Illegal
Fees: Discriminating Against Black Consumers
Nche Noel Ntse caught fraud
non-existent basset hound puppies.
TransUnion caught
dupe Americans into subscription plans: credit monitoring etc
Gift card scams: given
or received a gift card that had no funds on it.
TurboTax H&R Block selling your personal info: misleading
requests trick you
MoneyGram caught withholding funds, leaving
customers stranded without their money
How
Russia ‘proves’ Ukraine army staged deaths in Bucha
If
Putin uses nuclear to clear Donbas will US respond ‘in kind’ to clear
Helios
to Ukraine
Russian
Christian Nationalists behind Putin’s scorched earth policy in Ukraine
What
must be going through book banners’ minds? Kids
are positive until adults hate
Tucker: stand naked
on a rock at twilight: shine
red laser on genitals: GOP castration
Jobs
Wage tracker: where’s your company: https://www.epi.org/company-wage-tracker
Where
are homes affordable? Work from home for less
Who owns your account now?
Miracles:
Wind
power was the No. 2 source for power surpassing coal and nuclear power
The
oldest known gorilla in the world just turned 65: taking SS early
What
happens when you win the lottery
Biden
not Obama is running for prez again: Dems need miracle not
more of the same
Earth Day? Or End of
Earth: words don’t save
our ‘home-land’
Everything in the
universe from sun to stones is made of subatomic ‘vibrations’
A subatomic ‘particle’
is the smallest possible vibration (quantum) of a quantum field.
Mass–energy
equivalence: E=mc^2 Everything at
smallest level is moving!
We can apply for
Medicare online: https://blog.ssa.gov/apply-for-medicare-online
We can apply for Social
Security online: https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/retirement/
We can apply for
health care online: https://www.healthcare.gov/
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