Friday, June 30, 2017

New tax avoidance plan

New tax avoidance plans for the wealthy
The best and brightest have a new way for you to avoid your fair share: insurance. Thanks to our reps in DC, it is one of the few products that lets you grow your legacy tax FREE and give your family a big seed fund FREE. Now you can avoid estate tax too with a special trust. Insurance dedicated funds are great for advisors too—big fee; no redemptions. You buy a private-placement life-insurance policy. The insurer invests in alternative assets such as hedge funds. Profits are not taxed because of certain restrictions. Beneficiaries get money when you die. You can’t pick the funds but no one can know how your account is doing either. No tax on the growth or legacy means you can distance yourself from most American’s net worth even more. Your advisor does well also. Our reps and lobbyists made this loophole and they could fix it too.


Who benefits from TrumpCare bill?
1%--40% of 1Trillion tax cuts go to top 1% and increases deficit immediately.
            Trump tax windfall is retroactive to Jan 2017 for $250,000 or more incomes.
Insurers—create “sham” coverage policies: pay less; get less. No penalty on CEO pay.
            Trump promised: target pharmaceutical companies over drug prices Jan 2016
            Congress gets to keep ObamaCare coverage and 10 essentials and preexisting.
Seniors—pay up to 5 times more for less care. Nursing homes will expel middleclass.
            Trump said: “lower numbers, much lower deductibles” Jan 2017
Disabled—Medicaid cut $600 billion so states will have to send disabled back to ERs.
            Medicaid cuts start 2021 so Congress does not need to deal with the crisis!
Working poor—tax credit not cover cost of private market policy since most don’t pay taxes. Very little of state block grants will go to subsidizing coverage for Trump voters.
            AZ gives us prelude to what happens to you when Medicaid cut: people die.
Trump: "​I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not," Trump said. “The government's gonna pay for it." Jan 2016  $3 million tax credit.
Most Americans don’t even know TrumpCare will change their lives dramatically. Maybe GOP wants TrumpCare to fail since mandate is GOP idea. Most Reps must vote party or lose seat next election from Koch money. AMA says NO: do no harm
Congress people KNOW these bills are bad for most Americans because they exempt selves:
Wealthy tax credit: $3 million per each uninsured death if passed

Can your investment plan carry you to age 100?
Every year you delay costs you $100,000 later
Attitude and genes have everything to do with living longer. Many retirees work past our assumed “retirement” age. Many work because they love it; others because they have to. Most realize our early-in-life choices determine our financial fitness for the future.
            Example: invest just 10% from your first job onward and you will have enough later. A low-cost stock index fund has grown at 11% over time so your money doubles every 8-10 years IF you leave it alone to compound.
            You can use an IRS-approved trust that makes all your earnings FREE of income tax for the rest of your life. Social Security will cut benefits by 2034 and income taxes will have to pay for the deficit of $161,000 each. Taxes don’t go down for us. Only the rich can afford to cut their taxes by living off capital. You can die without ObamaCare.

Wealthy Koch network plans to buy elections with $400 billion
The end of the environmental protection, Medicaid, Medicare and federal safety net when we get sick or get old are the goals of the “killer” network. They will spend $400 billion to buy our elections and push their agenda—tax cuts for the rich and the end of regulations that protect us from accidents and environment devastation. Koch and their friends will continue to take federal and state subsidies for their coal and oil operations as they pollute our future water and health. Koch uses religious themes to help seduce evangelical partners like Trump lawyer Sekulow’s CASE. Koch drove KS to near bankruptcy with their no tax for business plan and want to do the same to America.


Is your advisor providing you with accurate information?
The number one reason investors pay advisors more than they need to is ADVICE. Yet 35 percent of investors are not confident the information they receive is reliable. 41% say they either are not provided with core information about performance or they do not know if they are provided with all information. Investors are paying for a pig in a poke. There is good reason we don’t trust financial information. Wall Street hides the facts and regulators let it happen—they get paid. Things are changing finally. Vanguard, the low-cost pioneer, has made it easier to see total costs clearly. People want info: simple and readable. Bogle, the founder, created transparency by eliminating the middleman. Vanguard funds are owned by us investors; not Wall Street gurus. All costs (fees, commissions, loads, charges, and trading) are listed on the first page. You don’t need a broker or advisor. In fact, their fees etc could take up to 63% of your money over time. If you are invested for the long-term in a market index, you will earn the historical return of about 11% not the managed rate of 3.79%. When your advisor tells you that they can get a better rate, ask for proof. 90-95% of managed funds earn less. Costs are the best predictor of success—low cost means we keep more. Remember, when your advisor moves you out of the total market: 3 market days account for 95% of annual market gains—trading is dangerous to you; not them. The best trick is when they cherry pick the dates to compare to a benchmark or use start up fund returns.
Forget professional advice; avoid sales hype: https://www.amazon.com/Our-Tricks-Trade-beat-Street/dp/1490475362

10 highest rated and lowest rated cars of 2017
Consumer Reports says Toyota iA is rare in that it’s a safe, reliable, fun-to-drive entry-level car. It’s also CR’s highest-rated subcompact. The Cruze is the best-selling Chevy car in the world. Prius and Miata best in class. Kia Optima with fewest problems. Impala is the modern version of the classic highway cruiser. Top small SUV is Forester; large is Toyota Highlander. The Audi Q7 beat Tesla S. Finally, the Honda Ridgeline is just right.            On the other end, we have the 10 worst: Mitsubishi’s subcompact Mirage, Mitsubishi MiEV, Fiat 500L, Chrysler 200, Toyota Tacoma, Dodge Journey, Mercedes CLA, Maserati Ghibli, Rover Discovery Sport, and Cadillac Escalade.

Trump can create jobs if he wanted to
After Trump promised to save jobs and Carrier got $7 million from IN, the jobs are going to Mexico. Same story at Boeing where Trump boasted about saving jobs: Five months ago at a Boeing factory in South Carolina, President Trump proclaimed, “We are going to fight for every last American job.” On Thursday, workers at the North Charleston plant learned they’d soon face layoffs. Boeing on Friday issued 429 new layoff notices to union members in Washington State. 12,000 jobs went overseas since The Don took over. In this economy, change is the only constant. Business can’t be forced to keep $25 an hour jobs when $3 overseas. Jobs are created when new tech provides whole new markets to blossom. Electric cars /appliances are the future and they need batteries not more oil.
Despite putting money in coal jobs and canceling the Paris accord to reduce warming, Trump ignores jobs created in renewables—solar, battery, wind. As sea levels rise, jobs in coastal infrastructure are needed. The Don should be encouraging the growth trends: jobs with the highest growth between 2014 - 2024. Not all need a college education. Yet he cuts the retraining programs in coal country and around the nation.


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We can’t stop watching his “apprenticeship for president” show EVERY DAY!

Trump is still just a mafia contractor from Queens—Fred taught him to be The Don.
Like mob boss, he asks Comey to let Flynn probe go, then asks for loyalty, then fires him, then threatens him. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473

Putin hacked 39 state’s voting systems but we have not searched for vote changes.

Trump says collusion is not a crime—yes but aiding/abetting the enemy is!
Sanctions for Putin invasion Ukraine cut by oil lobby: Putin invasions OK with US.
Immigrants do NOT commit more crimes than our citizens—ICE director Homan

Lawyer Kasowitz’s clients include Russian bank and oligarch close to Putin, Manafort.
Mueller is now examining whether Trump tried to obstruct justice. Comey, Rogers, Coats


TrumpWorld – using presidency to make money the old fashioned way: theft
US pays rent subsidy to Trump, a public housing owner in Brooklyn. Only he can keep subsidy. The Don is already raising money for 2018 IN HIS OWN HOTEL.
Warming real; flooding in FL often so Trump paying for pumps at MaraLargo
Dow Chemical convinced Trump’s EPA to support toxic Dow pesticide despite proof




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Regulators are the only protection against corporations since we can’t sue anymore

Supremes ruled your religion/hospital plan has no protection from fraud, discrimination.
Prime Credit, IMC Capital, Commercial Credit caught fraud on clearing credit problems.
Trump’s EPA to support toxic Dow pesticide despite proof it hurts kids
Trump paying for pumps at MaraLargo--Warming real; flooding in FL Ignores America.
Ford recalls 400,000 Transit for cracked driveshaft sheers brake and fuel lines.


We need regulation—GOP wrong—companies/cities wouldn’t fix bad products on own
GM killed 124 because ignition switch pin not replaced after knew it killed first in 2006.


Police want gun control.
When everyone has guns; your chance of being killed goes up. Police don’t know who to shoot. They assume everyone has one and shoot first. You and thief have guns. CO schools now allow teachers/administrators to carry guns in the classroom. Kid lesson! Since 2015, police have killed 86 people with realistic looking FAKE guns--suicide?

White police shoot black police—“kill, ask questions later” White: “I feared for my life”

SCAMS:
Avoid scams: Check Complaints before you buy! This is the list GOP wants to cancel.
Trump made TIME mag front cover of himself and publicly displays it--Heil mein Führer
This is where Trump gets his ‘news’: Government sending children to Mars

Ignoramus Award:
Veterans who served to be expelled—Pentagon promise to immigrants--another LIE

How our government wastes our money:
We pay subsidy to use corn for gas: gas prices fall on over supply of oil we also subsidize
Trump fake conspiracy of voter fraud hits wall—CA says no voter records for BS study.

Where have all the jobs gone?
Pensions frozen for 70K UPS workers, like DuPont, Lookheed for CEO pay boost

Job interview will ask for your salary requirements. Answer: I will research the range.
Which job board sites are best for your job search?

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Miracle:
Total strangers give TX worker who walks 3 mi to work a car to reward commitment
Total stranger helps FL police find missing child and Samaritan run out of town as evil
            Police ask social media users “to identify the source and validity of such claims”

Steve Colbert announced for US president in Russia to cut out the middleman

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Friday, June 23, 2017

TrumpCare cuts your employer plan too!

TrumpCare cuts your employer plan too!
If you receive your health care from your employer, DO NOT think the repeal of ObamaCare will not hurt you. The GOP will cancel your 10 standards of coverage clause of your employer group policy. Your employer will be able to cut your benefits without any recourse. In fact, the GOP is considering taxing employer plans. The GOP bill takes the cowards way out and tells the states to make the cuts: opt out of the 10 essentials. Each insurer can cut premiums by cutting your care and you will have NO choice. The open market will be too expensive just like before ObamaCare. Since you can blame your state (not Trump) for NO MORE pre-existing condition coverage, you lose and Trump’s GOP wins: “Hey, we repealed - replaced like we said.” TrumpCare may stand for “freedom” and “free to chose” but if we get bigger premium increases and bankruptcy if we get sick, we only get “freedom” to suffer. Since the bill plans to cut Medicaid for 70 millions, we will all receive higher premiums to pay for those treated at hospital ERs. However, if you get part of the $600 billion tax cut for the rich, you have “Access” to buy better care on the open market for more. Seniors will pay up to 5 times more.  Insurers get “stabilization” subsidies directly and won’t get Obama penalty for CEO excess pay. Here is what coverage we are losing or your state opt out with House and Senate version. Everyone gets something except the 23 million who lose their health care.

Can your investment plan carry you to age 100?
Fastest growing age group: 85 to 100
Every year you delay costs you $100,000 later
Attitude and genes have everything to do with living longer. Many retirees work past our assumed “retirement” age. Many work because they love it; others because they have to. Most realize our early-in-life choices determine our financial fitness for the future.
            Example: invest just 10% from your first job onward and you will have enough later. A low-cost stock index fund has grown at 11% over time so your money doubles every 8-10 years IF you leave it alone to compound.
            You can use an IRS-approved trust that makes all your earnings FREE of income tax for the rest of your life. Social Security will cut benefits by 2034 and income taxes will have to pay for the deficit of $161,000 each. Taxes don’t go down for us. Only the rich can afford to cut their taxes by living off capital. TrumpCare worth $600 Billion.

BEWARE: Not all ETFs are cheap
Your advisor has convinced you to buy an ETF (exchange traded fund) because they are supposed to be less expensive than mutual funds. Before you sign up, consider the cost. According to an unbiased Morningstar study, low-cost funds beat high-cost funds PERIOD. It is a myth of Wall Street that you must pay more for good performance. You are just paying for the Wolf of Wall Street's toys. Before you buy what your advisor has to sell, subtract the cost (annual expense plus commission plus account fee) from past returns because when it goes down, your costs don’t. Take VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF. At 920 basis points, BIZD will take a lot of juice each year to make it worth it. Your advisor may assure you that you will be out of it before the price falls but even Buffett doesn’t believe he can do that. Your advisor has pushed your “bandwagon effect” button: 1 year return: 9.76% vs 11.83% VYM; 5 year -11% vs 49% VYM.

How much will you pay to deport 11 million people?
Without new judges, the courts are already ½ million cases behind. 11 million people being processed will cost $400-600 billion over 20 years according to one study. Real GDP would drop by nearly $1.6 trillion and the policy would shave 5.7 percent off economic growth. Another problem: Americans don’t like manual labor jobs. Farmers who hire American laborers lose them quickly. All your produce requires hours in the hot sun. Many Americans don’t like cleaning up our messes. And do you know anyone who can live and raise a family on $7.25 per hour? Is it right to deport an adult who had no choice at 3 years old and immigrated to avoid a violent home country? Yes the parents broke the law but so have all of us at one time in our lives. If this issue were not political, would America be better off finding another solution?
Trump’s solution will not work and it will hurt America. And, we can’t afford it.

I wrecked my portfolio; did you?
My retirement nest eggs could have contained over a $1 million. Invested at 8% in a balanced fund, I could have spent $80,000 a year on average. But I fell victim to 10 investment biases that wrecked my portfolio.  After learning about my mistakes, I was able to recover and still grew it to $900,000. I had never heard of Warren Buffett when I began investing in the early 80s. Warren Buffett had not yet provided his secret to investing.
            I had no idea that for investing, the key to success is cost.
            I did not know you can avoid taxes on retirement income.
            I did not know my money could grow faster just by leaving it alone.
My first contact with 'investing' was deciding which options for my 401k account. The HR person said “you won't lose money with this one.” They steered me to the “stable value” and money market options. That was my first big mistake.           
I learned to avoid my biases and invest well: https://www.amazon.com/investment-biases-that-fried-nest/dp/1547188952

GOP religion hurts America’s future leadership
7% of American adults believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows. That means there are 16.4 million misinformed people who could be our misinformed voters too. Even more Americans are being told there is no human global warming by their leaders. Some are being told ‘don’t worry about losing your home’. Some of the children in this country are being told that weather science is a hoax. EPA dismisses our scientists . They go to Europe. Perhaps it explains how the GOP is actually considering canceling the health care used by 23 Million of their fellow citizens, probably sentencing some of them to death. Some citizens think God created the earth in 7 days so scientific knowledge is fake. Some citizens believe that science is anti-religion and mistrust what science says. They are happy to use their cell phone but dispute the scientific findings that created them. Since these children are taught not to believe in science, they don’t become scientists. Where will that leave us after America stops making scientists or welcoming them from around the world based on their knowledge not religion? International students make up more than half of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) advanced degrees earned at American colleges.
When I hear GOP religionists, I ask, “Who benefits from the science misinformation”? Koch Industries? Putin? Congress people due for re-election? Political pastors?

Korea hits home run with Kia initial quality
JD Power survey of new owners shows Kia and Genesis as the leaders in 2017 model year cars. Wow. Lexus and Acura hit below average under Nissan and Buick. Still at the bottom are Fiat, Jaguar, Volvo, Rover and Audi. This was the year of the comeback for Ford, RAM, and Chevrolet. For the midsize car segment, it was Camry, Optima, and Altima. Most improved was the Mini. Other models that rank highest in their respective segments are the Chrysler Pacifica; Ford Expedition; Ford Mustang; Infiniti QX80; Lexus GS; Mercedes-Benz GLA; Nissan Frontier; Porsche 911; Porsche Macan; and Toyota Camry.


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We can’t stop watching his “apprenticeship for president” show EVERY DAY!

Trump is still just a mafia contractor from Queens—Fred taught him to be The Don.
Like mob boss, he asks Comey to let Flynn probe go, then asks for loyalty, then fires him, then threatens him. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473
His threat of tapes was BS just like all his tweets—no wiretap, no fraud voter! Erased?

Putin hacked 39 state’s voting systems but we have not searched for vote changes.



Lawyer Kasowitz’s clients include Russian bank and oligarch close to Putin, Manafort.
Mueller is now examining whether Trump tried to obstruct justice. Comey, Rogers, Coats


TrumpWorld – using presidency to make money the old fashioned way: influence
US pays rent subsidy to Trump, a public housing owner in Brooklyn. Only he can.
The Don is already raising money for 2018. IN HIS OWN HOTEL.


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Regulators are the only protection against corporations since we can’t sue anymore
James R. Trolice, Alpine, N.J caught defrauding clients $5 million for lawn care, etc.

Gorsuch first case: Banks can use aggressive tactics like calling nights to collect debt
GOP ends stockholder innovation—Choice Act removes ‘choice’ to change corps.
Adrian Abramovich, FL caught robocall 96 million with fake vacations: $120 million.

We need regulation—GOP wrong—companies/cities wouldn’t fix bad products on own
GM killed 124 because ignition switch pin not replaced after knew it killed first in 2006.


Police want gun control.
When everyone has guns; your chance of being killed goes up. Police don’t know who to shoot. They assume everyone has one and shoot first. You and thief have guns. CO schools now allow teachers/administrators to carry guns in the classroom. Kid lesson! Since 2015, police have killed 86 people with realistic looking FAKE guns--suicide?


SCAMS:
Ossoff lost: Do Dems stand for anything besides Clinton liberalism in America’s mind? No new vision for Dem future world. Dem look backward. Just Anti-TrumpWorld.
Next Obama? Smart, young, visionary, middle political, charisma?

Top scams that steal your money: Real-looking email, IRS agent calls, SS # for your refund, fake charity appeal, fake collector calls.

Ignoramus Award:
CIA gives our secrets to a known Russian spy for 18 days before fired—no indictment

Edward Morton, FL State U, says women genetically can’t negotiate hi pay.

How our government wastes our money:


Where have all the jobs gone?
Ford moving Focus production to China, not Mexico—avoids border tax and Trump
 “When you get in excess of 118 [degrees], you’re not able to take off or land” -pilot

Job interview will ask for your salary requirements. Answer: I will research the range.
Which job board sites are best for your job search?

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Friday, June 16, 2017

Un-science propaganda by DeVos to kids

Un-science propaganda in the name of science ed—how fascism works
Trump Sec Education is having climate change deniers (Koch Industries) blast students and teachers across America with Heartland materials that reject basic principles on which nearly all climate scientists agree. Yet, during her confirmation, she said ‘support the teaching of great science and especially science that allows students to exercise critical thinking and to really discover and examine in new ways.’ Recently, DeVos praised US default on Paris Accord: ‘rolling back the unrealistic? and overreaching? regulatory actions by the previous Administration.’ A survey of high school science teachers “reported telling their students, wrongly, that the causes of recent climate change are the matter of scientific debate.” Among real scientists, there is no debate. Future voters get the wrong message by DeVos allowing right-wing lobbyists DeVos herself  pays for to create a false impression. Leading children to junk science is wrong and contradicts DeVos pledge to promote ‘great science’ and ‘critical thinking.’ 
This is how fascism drives a wedge into society and common beliefs. Koch Industries is the only beneficiary of dumping toxins into our environment for their short-term profits.

Who are better investors—men or women?
Most people say men. They dominate Wall Street profit machines. They take risks and overwhelmingly believe that they can beat the market. When they lose, they get bailed out since we let them play with our money. Just like most drivers say they are superior drivers. Hubris or overconfidence? Fidelity’s study found that women are better because they don’t do those things. In fact, Fidelity found that if you leave your account alone you earn more. They don’t trade as often in risky equities and they know they are NOT ‘masters of the universe.’ Another study says women earn 1% more than men. Women also save/invest more. They take the long view on investing like Warren Buffett’s strategy. Buffett earns over 20% per year (2016: p2) by NOT trading. Active investors earn just 3.79% while a low-cost market index fund earns 11%. (dalbar)


I wrecked my portfolio; did you?
My retirement nest eggs could have contained over a $1 million. Invested at 8% in a balanced fund, I could have spent $80,000 a year on average. But I fell victim to 10 investment biases that wrecked my portfolio.  After learning about my mistakes, I was able to recover and still grew it to $900,000. I had never heard of Warren Buffett when I began investing in the early 80s. Warren Buffett had not yet provided his secret to investing.
            I had no idea that for investing, the key to success is cost.
            I did not know you can avoid taxes on retirement income.
            I did not know my money could grow faster just by leaving it alone.
My first contact with 'investing' was deciding which options for my 401k account. The HR person said “you won't lose money with this one.” They steered me to the “stable value” and money market options. That was my first big mistake.           
I learned to avoid my biases and invest well: https://www.amazon.com/investment-biases-that-fried-nest/dp/1547188952

Should you buy a house?
Your home could be considered an investment. Actually, for most middle class folks, it was assumed that you have a big asset, not just a place to live. Why? Because you are not “wasting” your money by paying rent and having nothing to show for it after 30 years. Now a new report says, Forgetaboutit. Making payments for 30 years is not good for you. Current trends of slowing rents relative to the costs of ownership and climbing mortgage rates in some markets support this view. Three cities, DallasDenver and Houston, are in historically high territory for renting being the better option for building wealth. The housing supply continues to fall and you still need a place to live. The overall return on home equity wealth is still about 5% over time. If you have been paying for a while, this may be the smart time to sell with rising prices. On the other hand, homeowners 65 and older who still have mortgages have ballooned. Some use their new 15-year mortgage and property tax to reduce income tax. Others take their equity and downsize or rent. The standard deduction for most neutralizes any tax deduction. Secure employment can make home ownership a no brainer but the trend is down reflecting economic upheaval.


Trump tax cut down-played by J P Morgan
Analysts with very expensive crystal balls said they now see $100 billion of annual debt-financed tax cuts to take effect in the second quarter of 2018. They previously forecast $200 billion of such tax cuts per year to start in the third quarter of 2017. Tax cuts for the rich inside the new TrumpCare bill increase the deficit by $600 billion. (Congressman who wrote the cut to Medicaid funding bill for ObamaCare got $800,000  TrumpWorld.) With his tax cut bill, the Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal debt will grow by $10 trillion over the next decade. Wealthy folks keep buying stocks and moving firms overseas; pushing Wall Street prices higher assuming the Trump bump. It looks like the GOP wants to increase the deficit putting the burden on the next generation. Their experience in KS illustrates the effect of tax cuts to the wealthy. KS was close to bankruptcy and the KS GOP leaders have reversed the 2002 tax cut on business and high earners. The wealthy buy art and assets, they don’t buy new factories or businesses. We pay the taxes they don’t.


Trump encourages religious zealots with more paranoia
The Don told a religious gathering that "we're under siege" but will emerge "bigger and better and stronger than ever." He supports evangelicals “to follow their faith.” For some conservatives this means discrimination and bias is OK—“live by the teachings of their faith." He does not mean for Muslims and other minorities. In fact, anti-sharia rallies are the new Trump demonstrations. The evangelicals applauded for Gorsuch as a Supreme who they see as ending legal abortion. They support destroying the church-state wall so tax-exempt orgs can help decide elections. He promised to defend religious “preaching what is in your heart.” For some this means not serving gays and minorities and managing behavior through health care benefits. No birth control, no abortions, and no sex for gays are the basics. Trump promised no support for health care options for the poor. He will find more GOP voters to end the ‘siege’ felt by those who want a ecclesiocracy with Trump as the appointed ruler: “I alone can fix it.”
Evangelicals ignore what Trump calls TWO Corinthians: "I have written you in my letter NOT to associate with sexually immoral people." “Grab them by the __ “Trump
Evangelical Christians applauded him for 3 minutes. Beware false gods.

Industry OK’s advisors who rip us off just do it again and again
A new study shows that HALF of bad advisors HELD on to their jobs after being caught. About half of the rest got jobs at other financial firms. In other words, a year after serious misconduct, about three-quarters of advisors found to have wronged clients are still working. Using a bigger firm makes no difference. These predators go for those with less college and older age. All advisors must produce revenue for their firms. Some firms seem to attract suspicious employees. They certainly are not working for us. They often sell us products we don’t need or products inferior to others. In an experiment, 85% of advisors changed an age-appropriate low-cost portfolio to an expensive version. And the industry works hard to disguise its costs. Most of us have no idea what we pay. “The broker leads them to believe they’re not paying any fees at all,” one critic says. Firms have margins of 39% and signing bonuses of effective sellers can be $6.6 million. Conflicts of interest costing investors dearly—up to 63% of our nest eggs. The industry and the Congress it helps with elections have no incentive to control bad actors. Without high fees brokers claims they won’t service those who need help.
Is “advice” really just a sales pitch like a car salesperson:  https://www.amazon.com/Lies-Financial-Advisors-Told-alternatives/dp/1478281545

If Putin can hack our election computers and change votes, can our power grids be next?  Hackers have devised a cyberweapon that has the potential to be the most disruptive yet against electric systems that Americans depend on for daily life, according to U.S. researchers. The malware, which researchers have dubbed CrashOverride, is known to have disrupted only one energy system — in Ukraine in December. In that incident, the hackers briefly shut down one-fifth of the electric power generated in Kiev. We have NOT done a thorough investigation of all of our state voting computers yet. Re-counting fake votes does not solve the problem. Some states like GA PA dismiss idea since GOP won. Trump’s hunt for voter fraud takes us away from questionable GOP manipulation, like deleting voter rolls, etc.  The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY, "I don't believe they got into changing actual voting outcomes," Virginia Sen. Mark Warner said. But Congress doesn’t know for sure!  Homeland Security, which works with the owners of the nation’s critical infrastructure systems, did not respond to a request for comment by the Washington Post. Some utilities are trying to catch up but we saw what happens if they don’t fix the system.
We used a similar tool on the Iran centrifuges and now the Ruskies can use it against us.  

GOP tells reporters they can’t interview Congress without approval
In a dictatorship, the junta in power starts by using “protecting” and “security” as the excuse to cancel our rights. Now the Senate Rules Committee is forbidding reporters from interviewing Reps on the run, in the halls, where they are accessible. Instead they must get a scheduled interview, which senators often cancel. Recently, House GOP attacked a reporter for asking about health care and got ‘community service’ (his job) not jail. And Trump asks for loyalty from all his employees, even his cabinet.


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“Covfefe” means “I’m tired of this BS”
We can’t stop watching his “apprenticeship for president” show EVERY DAY!
Two Americas

Trump is still just a mafia contractor from Queens—Fred taught him to be The Don.
Like mob boss, he asks Comey to let Flynn probe go, then asks for loyalty, then fires him, then threatens him. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/863007411132649473

Chris Wray to FBI so he can get Trump off like Wray did for Christie’s Bridgegate. Wray kept secret Chrisie’s messages to staff who were convicted of giving order to close.

Russia interfered with U.S. voting software before the 2016 presidential election.
Senate votes to block any Trump rollback of sanctions for interference. 

Trump promise to testify like promise to show tax returns and deport 11 million.
Lawyer Kasowitz’s clients include Russian bank and oligarch close to Putin. Manafort
Mueller is now examining whether Trump tried to obstruct justice. Comey, Rogers, Coats

Trump retreat from world: America was happy “between our two oceans,” he said, until realizing “what a crummy world if we all retreat inside our own borders.” Gen Mattis
“When America gives her word, we have to live up to it and work with our allies.”

Trump calls his TrumpCare bill ‘mean’ this week but “great” last week. Polls at 40%

Jared in charge of everything is quiet like Chauncey Gardner (Peter Sellers) Being There

TrumpWorld – using presidency to make money the old fashioned way:

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Regulators are the only protection against corporations since we can’t sue anymore

Michael Joseph CC, VisionQwest Resource caught defrauding 150 $1.2m taxes.
Mike McMahon Caught ‘churning’ cost client $267,567 in fees; lost $261,441 trading AP

We need regulation—GOP wrong—companies/cities wouldn’t fix bad products on own
GM killed 124 because ignition switch pin not replaced after knew it killed first in 2006.


Police want gun control.
When everyone has guns; your chance of being killed goes up. Police don’t know who to shoot. They assume everyone has one and shoot first. You and thief have guns. CO schools now allow teachers/administrators to carry guns in the classroom. Kid lesson! Since 2015, police have killed 86 people with realistic looking FAKE guns--suicide?

Silencers for sale soon by GOP House bill

SCAMS:

Ignoramus Award:

Tangier Island is losing 16 feet to rising tides every year, mayor told Trump, who said, “I believe your island will be there for hundreds more.”

LA coast lower Mississippi area flooded faster than expected

How our government wastes our money:
If Gen Flynn and Jeff Sessions can refuse to answer Congress, is there any law now?
Mattis told lawmakers ‘we are not winning’ in Afghanistan. Mattis said the Taliban was.

Where have all the jobs gone?
Half of all retail gone by 2018—automation is cause unless tied to sales or handling.
Bank America layoffs staff again

The average wage needed to rent a two-bedroom home ($21.21) is nearly three times more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Over 2 million US workers make at or below the federal minimum, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Job interview will ask for your salary requirements. Answer: I will research the range.
Which job board sites are best for your job search?

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Miracle:
Bullies in schools are drawing inspiration from Trump. It takes a miracle to undo attitude.

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