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Vivek 2024!

2024-01-06T06:50:00.000-08:00

I have zero desire to have Trump as our president again. We need a unifier who will speak truth to power.

For anyone still deciding between Vivek and Trump, here's my analysis:

Vivek has a strong understanding of the constitution and laws. Trump failed his first term because he got duped by the "experts," and he is yet to acknowledge his shortcomings.

Vivek has a better connection with the younger generation. As a self-made entrepreneur and author of multiple books, Vivek can inspire more young people as a role model. Most of the younger generation tends to vote Democratic, proving that Trump has failed in bringing the youth so far.

Vivek is more well-read, well-spoken, and intelligent. His approach is more unifying and relatable to both sides, as seen in his podcasts and conflicts with protesters. Trump's approach is cruder and more divisive, which is not good when we are this close to a civil war.

Vivek is self-funded, allowing him to speak on issues like eminent domain and removing affirmative action. Trump is beholden to his donor class (Super PACs), who have invested a lot of money in Trump's legal cases and campaign, demanding a "return" later.

Vivek is promising to shut down government agencies, while Trump is advocating for a new building for the FBI.

Vivek will start each year's budget starting at zero. It will not depend on the previous year's budget. We have been budget deficits for decades now, with total deficit completely unmanageable, and Vivek will get us closer to a balanced budget.

Vivek is more energetic, with almost 350 events last year, including hundreds of virtual summits and podcasts. Trump, on the other hand, is very old, managing only 30 events last year, and the legal fights have further drained him.

Vivek does not like playing the victim; his campaign is based on gratitude. In contrast, Trump's campaign (and his supporters) seek vengeance, forming their entire strategy around playing the victim. Why should we have someone in office who is looking for vengeance against others?

~40% of Vivek’s donors have NEVER donated to a Republican or made a political donation before. The first-time donor % to most politicians is 2%. This is unheard of. That’s a movement.

There is a chance that Trump will go to jail before the elections. If that happens, it would not just embarrass Republicans; the entire country would be subject to ridicule. Vivek will face attacks as well, but he has a stronger background to fight back and leaves less room for mistakes.

Vivek will shock the world in the primaries.

A few thoughts

2023-10-27T18:30:00.004-07:00

There was a huge surge of money creation during the COVID crisis. The money supply grew by 40% in the U.S., 22% in the U.K. and 20% in the eurozone. The inflationary environment that followed should come as little surprise.

Fast forward a few years. Interest rates have spiked to combat the inflation. Governments continue to run budget deficits as they have for decades, meaning national debts continue to increase. Higher interest rates mean higher costs to service government debt. This means the cost to pay for the mounting national debt is soaring higher. This puts pressure on inflation increasing.

When will nations begin electing fiscally responsible leadership who will put a lid on this?

2020 Police

2020-06-04T18:14:00.002-07:00

Police 2020: We will arrest you if you leave your house because Covid.
Also Police 2020: We won't prevent from leaving your house during a curfew, annihilating private property, and taking whatever you can find inside.

Harry Logan

2020-06-04T07:28:00.003-07:00

LARRY HOGAN: The thousands gathered together in mass protesting in huge crowds all together are doing excellent work.

ALSO LARRY HOGAN: No, you cannot eat at indoor restaurants.

Thoughts on the Killing of George Floyd and thoughts about Covid-19:

2020-06-02T10:38:00.002-07:00

1. The underlying issue with the killing of George Floyd is police brutality. Police need to be held more accountable for their actions. The law should not “protect” the law. If the law kills someone with malintent, they should be punished and put in jail. They should not be the exception. They should be subject to the rule.

All lives matter. The way cops treat all people matter.

2. Cops do not treat black folks the same. My former coworker was a young, black, and always getting harassed by cops for no reason. He has driven around with his friends and been pulled over and forced to sit on the curb and answer questions with no probable cause. This needs to be rectified.

3. The destruction of private property by rioters in the aftermath of G. Floyd’s killing does not help address the underlying issues of police brutality. These private property owners who have already been devasted by more then two months of forced government shutdown have now had their businesses decimated by looters and rioters.

Although, perhaps this is a blessing in disguise for some. The economic conditions after Covid were so poor anyhow that they may recoup more in insurance money versus business.

4. Peaceful protest should be the means to an end. Not destruction of private property.

5. The man who killed George Floyd is being charged with 3^rd degree murder. There has already been a precedent set which does not bode favorably for getting the justice deserved for the man that was slaughtered by the cop.

From Vox: “As Paul Butler, a Georgetown law professor and former prosecutor specializing in cases involving corrupt law enforcement officers, explains, homicide charges against police are very rare. Only about 100 officers have faced such charges for their on-duty conduct since 2005, and only 35 of those were convicted as of 2019. None of the officers charged in Freddie Gray’s death were convicted.”

This needs to change. I hope this is something that will change based on the latest police brutality.

6. The rioting and looting has arguably been exacerbated by the forced government shutdown of the past two+ months. This has caused businesses to shut down, and left many people unemployed and/or homeless. The actual unemployment by many sources is above 25%. That’s 1 in every 4 people without a job now DIRECTLY due to our government’s decision to shut down the entire economy instead of providing guidelines for how people should act and allowing people the freedom to act as they please and at their own risk. So now people who have nowhere to work or nothing to do are joining the movement as it spreads.

7. The idea for the government to completely shut down the economy because of Covid was asinine. Our hospitals were largely empty all over the country during Covid. The government has now done much more economic and social damage to the country versus the toll on people’s health. Economists now say many of the jobs lost during Covid (and the forced government shutdown) will not come back. This article suggests it’s possible 2 out of every 5 may not come back. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/42-of-jobs-lost-during-covid-19-may-not-come-back/ When our country was faced with a bad virus back in the late 60’s, this was not the response. The response to Covid / a bad virus was unprecedented and was a completely poor response.

8. The fact that Congress had to send everyone stimulus money goes to show our ecnomony’s health was poor prior to Covid. And Covid was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Not enough people in our country had or have savings for a rainy day. Not enough people had two months worth of savings to “weather the storm”. Therefore this is what caused Congress and the Central Banks to raise the deficit another $6 Trillion+ as of April 15^th. And since then even more has been spent. This rate of spending cannot be sustained indefinitely. The news is barely even mentioning this.

Trump's First Day in Office

2016-11-09T10:43:00.000-08:00

*Trump's first day at the Oval Office after being elected President.*
First briefing by the CIA, Pentagon, FBI:

Trump: We must destroy ISIS immediately. No delays.

CIA: We cannot do that, sir. We created them along with Turkey, Saudi, Qatar and others.

Trump: The Democrats created them.

CIA: We created ISIS, sir. You need them or else you would lose funding from the natural gas lobby.

Trump: Stop funding Pakistan. Let India deal with them.

CIA: We can't do that.

Trump: Why is that?

CIA: India will cut Balochistan out of Pak.

Trump: I don't care.

CIA: India will have peace in Kashmir. They will stop buying our weapons. They will become a superpower. We have to fund Pakistan to keep India busy in Kashmir.

Trump: But you have to destroy the Taliban.

CIA: Sir, we can't do that. We created the Taliban to keep Russia in check during the 80s. Now they are keeping Pakistan busy and away from their nukes.

Trump: We have to destroy terror sponsoring regimes in the Middle East. Let us start with the Saudis.

Pentagon: Sir, we can't do that. We created those regimes because we wanted their oil. We can't have democracy there, otherwise their people will get that oil - and we cannot let their people own it.

Trump: Then, let us invade Iran.

Pentagon: We cannot do that either, sir.

Trump: Why not?

CIA: We are talking to them, sir.

Trump: What? Why?

CIA: We want our Stealth Drones back. If we attack them, Russia will obliterate us as they did to our buddy ISIS in Syria. Besides we need Iran to keep Israel in check.

Trump: Then let us invade Iraq again.

CIA: Sir, our friends (ISIS) are already occupying 1/3rd of Iraq.

Trump: Why not the whole of Iraq?

CIA: We need the Shi'ite govt of Iraq to keep ISIS in check.

Trump: I am banning Muslims from entering US.

FBI: We can't do that.

Trump: Why not?

FBI: Then our own population will become fearless.

Trump: I am deporting all illegal immigrants to south of the border.

Border patrol: You can't do that, sir.

Trump: Why not?

Border patrol: If they're gone, who will build the wall?

Trump: I am banning H1B visas.

USCIS: You cannot do that.

Trump: Why?

Chief of Staff: If you do so, we'll have to outsource White House operations to Bangalore. Which is in India.

Trump (sweating profusely by now): What the hell should I do as President???

CIA: Enjoy the White House, sir! We will take care of the rest!

Thoughts After Trump's Win

2016-11-09T05:30:00.000-08:00

Trump: "Obama isn't enforcing laws for deportation..."
Truth: That's bullsh*t. Obama has deported more illegal immigrants in his eight years than in Bush's first six. So where Obama has set the bar high for illegal immigrant deportations, if anything Trump will have to hurdle over it http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-deported-record-number-immigrants-trump-claim-article-1.2774180

I think Trump's wall idea is completely asinine. Stupid idea and a yuge waste of money. Build a wall and bordering countries will just find ladders tall enough to climb over. On top of this, Mexico's economy is booming and Mexican's are even leaving the United States to go back to Mexico as they cannot find jobs in the United States.

Regarding our national debt. This is a yuge issue. I wouldn't be surprised if Trump's rate of spending was worse than Bush or Obama, reading several articles like this article plus the fact he wants to perform wasteful projects like building a wall: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2016/07/28/Trump-Fumes-Over-19-Trillion-National-Debt-His-Plan-Would-Double-It

Obama was involved in six wars – most of which we didn’t hear about through the mainstream media – but under Trump if those wars continue (likely) you can bet your ass that a.) democrats will come out of the woodwork all of a sudden as “anti-war” and b. the mainstream news will make Trump’s wars a focal point (for the record: I’m personally against all our foreign, unprovoked wars).

Trump has written about and said he wants to cut or eliminate the Department of Education. I personally think this would be a great move. Will he actually do this, or will he do what Reagan did in the 1980's where he promised to end Department of Education but got nothing done?

Trump says he will deliver the "largest tax-cuts since Reagan". I'm not holding my breath here but probably something he can achieve. Would be welcome for everyone.

Trumps says he wants to reform Obamacare. I guess there's good and bad in this. Personally I think even before Obamacare the government was already too heavily involved in health insurance and needed to get completely out of it. But in its current state Obamacare stinks. I personally know people who are paying DOUBLE - that's two times - as much for health insurance as they were just two years ago. They were paying ~$1000 a month for a family of four two years ago, now they are paying close to $2000 a month for a family of three (one child moved out). So if Trump is going to reform OK, but since the government makes worse everything that it tries to improve, I'm not holding my breath.

Obama's Achievements (One Of)

2016-11-02T14:01:00.001-07:00

Obama has militarized our police forces in America - and heavily. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/10/obama-police-militarization_n_3566478.html

Trump: The Election is Rigged!

2016-10-22T10:17:00.003-07:00

Sometimes we attack the message because we don't like the messenger.

Trump is absolutely correct that elections are rigged.

American elections are rigged and do not represent the will of the voters.

The error Trump made is saying the "voting" is rigged. Polling places and voting are the least of our problems (although it's been shown that absentee ballots are often misplaced, electronic voting systems can be easily hacked and there are occasional blocked polls or very long lines at key precincts). The voting isn't the problem: but the overall election process absolutely IS rigged:

- the electoral votes system provides complete mathematical disadvantage to certain people depending on their state - the worst example being Hawaii where those American citizens have zero (yes zero!) mathematical chance of having any effect whatsoever on the election

- the state by state winner take all electoral system is an embarrassment - among many problems this limits the number of truly meaningful votes to less than 10% of our population - if you live in a state like Massachusetts, your vote simply doesn't matter or have any realistic chance of affecting the outcome

- Gerrymandering: electoral maps are drawn with no resemblance to fairness or geography or to reflect the voters but purely for outright manipulation of the outcome

- a group of republicans and democrats vote to decide if other parties will be allowed in the debates

- the media and polling systems are laughably corrupt -for example, CNN and Fox both arbitrarily excluded people under age 35 (the largest voting block) and only used land lines for polling - a poll that excludes the largest voting block AND the most common means of communication is not a poll at all, its propaganda masquerading as data

2016-10-20T10:02:00.001-07:00

Thought of The Day

2016-10-12T16:35:00.001-07:00

Clinton and Trump are both being trashed by the mainstream media for their past (see: Wikileaks, taxes, email exchanges, plans for world government, plans for more wars, etc etc). So if both choices are so bad then why doesnt the mainstream media report on OTHER choices besides "Democrat" or "Republican"?

Flu Vaccine: A Non-mainstream Perspective

2016-10-11T19:24:00.000-07:00

The drug companies in the United States spend millions of dollars every year advertising that every American should be vaccinated with the flu vaccine. The vaccine market is worth twenty-four billion dollars. In my investigation I found numerous independent studies conducted that have concluded that the flu vaccine is not only ineffective what can cause complications.

http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2013/11/27/a-shot-never-worth-taking-the-flu-vaccine-by-kelly-brogan-md/

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/11/24/more-people-getting-flu-shots.aspx

http://kellybroganmd.com/cdc-youre-fired-autism-coverup-exposed/

In our country where we are free to find our own information and then make our own conclusions, we need to stray away from the mass advertising campaigns of the flu vaccine companies and use the information we find to form our own opinions.

Today's Short Take

2016-10-08T14:33:00.000-07:00

What kills me is that the news and some people will demonize a guy for making a mistake or not knowing and then admitting it, but will gloss over obvious lies from the 2 party candidates.

Gary Johnson's Vision For Our Military: Military Agrees

2016-10-04T12:23:00.001-07:00

The US needs to GTFO of Middle East and nation-building in general, and that's why it should be no surprise that Johnson has the support from 36.5% of the military in a recent poll (ref: militarytimes.com). There are thousands of innocent people killed in these wars much more than the US government is willing to admit and probably even cares to know about - this is ashame and not right. Obama has bombed more countries than any US president ever and Clinton will not stop this, Trump is a loose cannon so no telling what he will do.

Johnson says straight-up: lets GTFO of foreign wars, build our defense and concern ourselves about our own country and near $20,000,000,000,000 (that's 20 trillion!) debt.

2016-10-03T16:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2016/09/30/told-ya-youre-going-to-pay-for-obamacares-failures/#2c2dbd71538c

The US government is on the verge of yet more crony capitalism. Obama is planning to bail out the same health insurance companies that donated 10s of millions to his 2008 campaign. Plus 100s of millions into ads supporting Obamas support of Obamacare.

Crony capitalism with the healthcare companies is sure to continue under a Clinton presidency. The health insurance companies have the Democrats in their back pockets.

I'm not so quite sure about Trump. He's a loose cannon but unsure how much the health insurance companies have backed him, his campaign, etc. Will update once have more info.

Bernie Trying To "Woo The Kids"

2016-09-30T22:21:00.001-07:00

There is overwhelming evidence showing Bernie's presidential campaign was defrauded by Clinton's campaign and the DNC (also here from Stanford University). Just a few short months later, now he's kissing Hilary's ass, going around the country and pandering for the youth's support for Hilary Clinton.

Bernie is in the same group as Hilary: a career politician that will stick with the Democrats "team" regardless of the fact that his "team" defecated over his campaign for president. Can anyone legitimately give Bernie Sanders an ounce of credibility in his plea for Hillary based on this? Bernie has no backbone.

In an interview on her Facebook page, I think Melissa Joan Hart got it right when she said "it's time for us to break away from this two party system that's controlling us...they are like gangs". Another example of the gang: what Obama said about Clinton in 2008. Now Obama has completely backpedaled on what he said about Clinton and now supports her bid for the presidency.

The great Cost of being a United States Citizen: what the news never mentions

2016-09-27T10:08:00.001-07:00

Credit to renunciationguide.com for this information:

"[A]lmost all nations are unified on one point: a country only taxes non-residents on, at most, income earned within the country. Residents are fully taxed by the country according to its tax code. But if you don’t live there, then your personal income tax obligation to that country is limited to, at most, tax on only the income earned within that country. This is the essence of what is called 'territorial taxation'.

The United States is an exception.

The USA is one of the few countries of the world which levies personal income tax on all its citizens: not only on its residents – citizens or non-citizens – but also on its citizens who do not live in the country. All citizens of the United States are taxed under the same personal income tax system, regardless of whether they live in the country or abroad.

This citizenship-based taxation is very unique. How unique?

[Answer:] only the U.S. and Eritrea.

Several countries tax non-residents for a short period after they move abroad. For example, an individual who leaves a country may continue to be taxed until he has been a non-resident for at least 6 months or a year.

But permanent, lifelong taxation regardless of residency is extremely rare. In 1995, the U.S. Congress took (yet another) look at the situation and found that only 3 countries in the world taxed based on citizenship rather than residency: Phillipines, Eritrea, and the United States.

A year later, the Phillipines ended its citizenship-based tax regime.

As for Eritrea, it imposes a special 2% tax on all Eritreans abroad – dual-nationals included – in order to fund the dictatorial one-party government which has ruled since independence in 1993. This is a special tax on citizens abroad, as opposed to the U.S., which imposes the same tax regime on citizens regardless of where they reside.

Eritrea does not allow renunciation of citizenship, so anyone who ever was a citizen carries this tax burden his whole life.

The enforcement mechanism for the citizenship-abroad tax is simple: if you are an Eritrean citizen abroad and don’t pay the special tax, then your relatives in Eritrea will be severely harassed, beaten and imprisoned. Additionally, the Eritreans abroad who don’t pay the special tax are not allowed to cross the Eritrean border or are arrested when they attempt to leave Eritrea.”

Clinton v Trump Debate 2016: Round 1 Observations

2016-09-26T19:46:00.002-07:00

Is this debate a competition to see which candidate's ideas defecate more over the US Constitution? Here's a sampling:

Trump: We need to "stop and frisk".
IN OTHER WORDS he's saying is the 2nd amendment doesn't apply to blacks and hispanics.
AMENDMENTS VIOLATED: 2nd and 4th

Clinton: We need to get our young people out of college debt free.
IN OTHER WORDS she's saying to the government even more involved in education. Crappy idea. Read this article, it holds true today: http://politicalplangetis.blogspot.com/2013/08/student-loans-resurfaces-again-as.html
AMENDMENTS VIOLATED: There is nothing in Constitution authorizing the Department of Education and government loans for college.

Clinton & Trump: No Fly List is good criteria for person not being able to purchase a gun.
IN OTHER WORDS if this were 50 years ago people like MLK Jr would not be able to purchase a gun. Horrible idea.
AMENDMENTS VIOLATED: 2nd.

Clinton: We need to take guns off the streets...
AMENDMENTS VIOLATED: 2nd

Clinton and Trump: We are working with NATO (and should be).
IN OTHERS WORDS keep working with and being a part of NATO. There is no provision in the US Constitution for the US to be in NATO.

Clinton and Trump: Let's fight in the Middle East.
IN OTHER WORDS let's continue fighting wars where Congress has not formally issued a declaration of war.

Other thooughts:

Clinton sounds like a seasoned lawyer / politician.
Trump really rambles and talks about everything in terms of "deals".
Trump discussed the Federal Reserve and its impact on the economy. Which is a great thing. Clinton does not mention at all the Federal Reserve - the Clintons obviously are in the Fed's back pocket. The Federal Reserve is a collection of banks that the US Federal Government has NO checks or balances on. The Federal Reserve is arguably more powerful than the three branches of government combined. I write about the Federal Reserve's powerful impact on our economy extensively in this blog.
I hope Bernie Sanders supporters have learned their lesson by now. This man was a sellout long before he ever ran for president. Bernie is discouraging people from voting for candidates who are far less morally repugnant than the woman he betrayed his supporters to endorse. Bernie is a fraud.
Regarding ISIS: keep in mind the United States wanted ISIS to emerge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1aDciHCejA
Really need a third or fourth voice in this debate.

The Government's Paid Patriotism

2016-09-16T09:24:00.000-07:00

This is making headlines today, a quote from Steven A. Smith:

"Until 2009, no NFL player stood for the national anthem because players actually stayed in the locker room as the Anthem played,” [Steven A.] Smith said. “The players were moved to the field during the national anthem because it was seen as a marketing strategy to make the athletes look more patriotic. The United States Department of Defense paid the National Football League $5.4 million between 2011 and and 2014, and the National Guard $6.7 million between 2013 and 2015 to stage on-field patriotic ceremonies as part of military recruitment budget-line items.”

More on this: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/11/05/454834662/pentagon-paid-sports-teams-millions-for-paid-patriotism-events

Our politicians wanted ISIS to be created, now they claim to know how to handle the problem

2016-03-29T19:30:00.000-07:00

Found an interesting video today that revealed something I'd never heard before: http://truthinmedia.com/reality-check-proof-u-s-government-wanted-isis-to-emerge-in-syria/

Summary: three years ago, leaked government documents show US politicians wanted ISIS to emerge and overthrow Assad.
Three years later Assad is still in power and now our government is fighting ISIS, the same group they wanted to form.
As a result of ISIS forming, 6 million Syrian people have been displaced from their homes, with ISIS state spanning across Syria and Iraq: http://www.ft.com/ig/sites/2014/isis-map/
Now the US government wants to destroy the same group that they wanted to form.

The video ends with the question: why would we as the American public believe any politician - whether it be our President, any of the Presidential candidates, or any member of Congresss - who claims that they have a plan for what to do with ISIS when not one politician has ever acknowledged America's role in the creation of that very problem?

Saul Alinsky: How To Create a Social State

2015-11-19T13:51:00.004-08:00

How to create a social state by Saul Alinsky:

There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a social state.

1) Healthcare — Control healthcare and you control the people

2) Poverty — Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

3) Debt — Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

4) Gun Control — Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.

5) Welfare — Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income).

6) Education — Take control of what people read and listen to — take control of what children learn in school.

7) Religion — Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.

8) Class Warfare — Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Because it is making us all subservient to the government...

2015-07-28T04:42:00.001-07:00

Ben Carson:

"You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery," Carson, who is African American, said Friday in remarks at the Values Voter Summit in Washington. "And it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control."

Dr. Carson,

We are subservient to government when they take 3% of our pay from our employers and 3% of our pay from our paychecks and put them in a Social Security trust fund.

What I would do as President

End the Social Security Administration. 30 and under receive 90% of S.S. benefits that they paid in (lump-sum check). 30 and over receive 90% of S.S. benefits that they put in (lump-sum check).

Instantaneous benefits for the Federal government: $12.3 billion saved in 2014 from the Federal Budget for running the Social Security administration.

Benefits for the American people:

Few workers understand the tax burden of the Social Security system. On their paychecks, they see that 6.2 percent of their gross pay goes to pay for Social Security. What they don't see is that employers match this tax payment with an equal 6.2 percent payment. It may seem that employers are paying half of the Social Security taxes, but that's not the case. Even though the employers are legally liable for one-half of the tax, they shift the tax onto workers in the form of lower gross wages. Therefore, the Social Security tax burden, 12.4 percent of each worker's gross pay, falls on workers. Half of this burden is hidden from the workers.

As an example, suppose you make $40,000 a year (which is below the median income in America). 6.2% of your $40,000 salary is $2,480 per year and your employer matches the 6.2% (which really comes out of your salary and is counted as a "benefit") of your salary for another $2,480 per year. This means that if YOU earn $40,000 per year, you and your employer are forcibly sending $4,960 per year to the government. For someone making the median US income of $51,000 a year, that number balloons to $6,300 a year.

There are no deductions for the Social Security tax. All income is taxable income. Even those in the lowest income brackets have roughly one-eighth of their income taken from them to fund the Social Security system. This is for an "insurance" policy that returns a $1,000 or so dollars per month after you turn 65 or 67.

The government can CONTROL how much they want to provide to you every month when you retire. You have no control over how much you get every month. On top of this, the government controls how much your increase is every year due to inflation. Since the government creates their own statistics for inflation (and since they grossly underestimate it), you are losing out.

Social Security: The Biggest Ponzi Scheme Ever

2015-06-30T07:26:00.002-07:00

Social Security - the current tax rate for Social Security is 6.2% for the employer and 6.2% for the employee, or 12.4% total. The current rate for Medicare is 1.45% for the employer and 1.45% for the employee, or 2.9% total.

So we have having 12.4% STOLEN from our paychecks every month. For what? Most never see every dime they put in.

Social Security is the biggest Ponzi scheme ever, and even the biggest Ponzi-scheme artist flat-out told us this (Madoff). Here's a good read on this issue: http://elitedaily.com/money/social-security-gen-y-greatest-ponzi-scheme-history/702218/

Revising the GDP number

2015-05-29T08:45:00.002-07:00

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2015/gdp1q15_2nd.htm

1st quarter GDP number declared +0.2% on April 29th, 2015.
Today May 29th, the government revised the 1st quarter GDP number to -0.7%.

Does anyone else notice that the government nearly ALWAYS revises down the GDP number?

Savopoulos Tragedy: The Real Moral Of The Story

2015-05-22T07:12:00.002-07:00

The article here describes the sad story of a family close to home that was killed by an ex-worker of the company that the family owned: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/police-search-for-suspect-in-savopoulos-slayings/2015/05/21/3d707c0c-ffa7-11e4-833c-a2de05b6b2a4_story.html

The moral of this story - that none of the mainstream news is talking about - BE ARMED. These people were in a gated community that police constantly patrol. The police didn't save that family and they are not going to save your life - 98% of the time they will show up after you're dead. Also the police do not have a constitutional duty to protect you (see Warren vs District of Columbia, 2005). Keep a firearm, know how to use it, understand how to safely handle it, and teach your kids about safety. Protect yourself and your family from crazy-ass people like the one that murdered the Savopoulos family because there's no guarantee the cops will and the cops do not legally have to protect you.