GOP to citizens: Chose
iphone or health insurance—insulting us won’t help!
Will GOP “free” us from ObamaCare so that we are “free” to
wait in hospitals for care?
Ryan and the millionaire Congress offer their wealthy donors
more ‘freedom’ and tax credits but where will that leave us? Without
a plan to secure, NOT just have ‘access’ to health care, we
will have no choice; no ‘freedom’. We return
to the bad old days. When our employer does not provide a plan we can
afford—all the co pays, deductibles, etc—we will be forced on to Medicaid
which, if left to each state, becomes substandard. We will be back to the
process of doing without care/medication or sitting
in emergency rooms or paying for a plan that leaves us with $100,000
debt and bankruptcy as before. Medical debt caused HALF
of all bankruptcies. Tax
credits can’t pay $250,000 cancer treatment. Medicaid expansion meant that
people who work for $10 an hour could obtain care. Old Medicaid without fed
money only covered those too sick to work. Medicaid
qualifications vary from state to state, so the required income level is
not consistent; however, it is typically below the poverty line. Few doctors take it. https://www.healthinsurance.org/alabama-medicaid/ Ryan has proposed giving states a
bucket of money which may not reach those who need care. Many states have given
away tax money to millionaires to buy art or offshore shelters and are facing
school closures etc. They may use the Ryan block grants for other
emergencies. Poor sick people can’t complain loud enough to change things.
Freedom of ‘choice’ in health care means early death for poor and tax breaks
for rich.
The Don will ‘hurt you and family’ if you’re not loyal—how
dictators work
Like the mafia family, Don
Trump does not tolerate disloyal leaking of his group’s secrets. When his nephew’s
infant child got cerebral palsy, The
Don cancelled his family health plan because they contested the father’s
will. Every employee, even top WH staff, is having their phone
logs and emails monitored for leaks. It is so
bad that State Dept officials only speak face to face—no digital
communication. Everyone with something important to say is ‘standing in the
parking lot’ or meeting after work in the garage
just as Watergate’s Deep Throat. Meanwhile
Bannon, The Don’s consigliore is having Don sign behind closed doors a measure that killed a regulation to tighten gun
background checks. Bannon’s goal is “deconstruction
of the administrative state” and so secretly, changed the chain of command
at Justice. His boss Sessions is implicated in a conspiracy with Russia to defeat the democratic candidate. Putin
vowed to keep Hillary out of power. Bannon sent Priebus to get the FBI to
kill their investigation of the Russia collusion. Bannon sent WH Counsel McGahn to meddle
in FBI investigation of Russian mob influence.
A special prosecutor
would clear the air but that would mean The Don lost control.
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Uncle Sam helps us increase our tax refund
‘How can I increase my refund’ is a question I get when I do
taxes as an AARP tax-aide
volunteer. First, the best way to
increase your refund is to run a small business. Every expense you have
remotely connected to that business is deductible and losses reduce your income.
Example: Trump’s clothing and his clubs in FL and NJ were deductible because he
stayed there ‘on business.’ In at least 3 years, his losses were greater than
his income and thus no tax. Second,
make a deductible IRA contribution to reduce income AND receive a tax credit.
Double Benefit! Third, count up all
your medical expenses. Some states allow deductions from dollar one. Fourth, count up charity and expenses
for the job. Fifth, take a course to
improve your skills in computers and take the tax credit against what you owe. Sixth, reduce taxable income by using
FSA at work. The child, child care, education, and earned income credits are
the most powerful—they reduce your taxes dollar for dollar. I owed $956 on my
income but I reduced it by 25% using my wife’s CE education credit, my new
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How The Don is played by dictator Putin
Putin did not like the sanctions by Obama for Russia ’s
invasion of Ukraine
and feared they could go higher with Hillary. What to do? Like Syria ,
undermine opposition to Assad. Start meetings with the Trump inner circle
suggesting end to US agreements—Europe , China ,
Asia , Mexico ,
Canada . Isolate
US. Have
Trump question NATO and Asian alliance. Promise help in exchange for
lifting sanctions and giving up East Ukraine. Use disinformation from RT and offer
political guidance on undermining democratic institutions. Pour money into Trump
PACS via dummy corporations that can’t be traced back to Russian surrogates. Russia ’s
elites buy Trump properties and projects like Bayrock
Group. Counter-intelligence and hacking is used where effective. Develop
pressure points on Trump—30-year
ties to Russia, Russian mafia ties, admiration for his vanity, praise for
his insecurity, promises
of business in Russia. Feed guidance thru Manafort
so Trump
picks advisors Russia knows—Flynn,
Tillerson,
Bannon, Page,
Sessions,
Jared,
Ivanka and son
Don Jr. All have Russian contacts. Trump has 30
years of doing deals in Russia and with Russians; many Putin
colleagues.
Trump has unreasonable deference for America ’s
long time enemy. “Follow
the money.”
“He will make the greatest President of our century,” claims
a Russian
with mob ties.
Financial meltdown and recession are more likely now
The Don has vowed to reduce regulation on financial
institutions. This causes some Fed officials to warn us. Banks secure their
assets (loans and trades) with only $6 per $100. Stress tests have not shown they
are strong enough for another crisis. Banks are even more intertwined and
oversized than before the recession. Every year, Congress cuts the budget of
the regulators
of the $34 trillion derivatives trading (2007 crash) so crash 2.0 likely. Trump
placed a movie mogul in charge of Treasury. Trump has 3 Fed vacancies so he can
continue the reinforcements or put Bannon’s “deconstruction”
men in place. We won’t know until we have a crisis like a market crash or nuclear
exchange with N. Korea or Ukraine
style invasion of Eastern Europe . Putin has his “Make
Russia Great Again” plan too.
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Your 401k and IRA balance are up—hold or sell, that is the
question
The current bull run is now the second longest since 1928. Even
without counting dividends, the Standard & Poor’s index has risen more than
6 percent since New Year’s Day, nearly 20
percent in the last 12 months and roughly 250 percent since the start of
the bull market in March 2009. Market
average is 11% over time. You know it is all expectations: Trump will
deregulate all, cut taxes, create jobs, grow the economy 6%, deport 11 million
working people and walk on water. Maybe not.
What does the greatest investor, Warren Buffett, say?
Used luxury car or brand new car
Some people are faced with this tough question and ask for
help. They do their research. First, what do you really want—reliable, quality,
value, good mileage, impress peers, great fun experience, 2nd
childhood life, etc. Second, how much are you going to spend? Third, finance it
or pay cash or blend? Fourth, good mechanic or good dealer? Fifth, immediate or
willing to wait for best deal? Sixth, Internet search within 100 miles: http://www.consumerreports.org/used-cars/best-used-cars-for-under-30000-dollars/
KBB.com, CarGurus.com, Edmunds.com, cars.com,
autotrader.com, etc. Your insurance may go up since more people commute and are
distracted by cell. Health care and repair costs rise as technology added. Are
we safer with more gizmos?
15 discounts on car insurance: https://www.amazon.com/Vehicle-Insurance-Beware-Double-Coverage/dp/1480027634
Are you worried about an IRS audit? Forgetaboutit
Don’t worry. Congress has cut staff so low they can’t even
finish the audit of The Don. The number of people audited by the IRS in 2016
dropped for the sixth straight year, to just over 1 million. Just 0.7 percent
of individuals were audited, either in person or by mail. Corporate audits were
down by 17 percent last year. Just 0.49 percent of corporations were audited,
the lowest rate in at least a decade. You are more likely to be cheated by your
tax preparer than be questioned by the IRS. They don’t call; they send letter.
The most common reasons for audit are high income, unreported income, over 50%
deductions, all-cash business, over 10% charity, rental losses, alimony, hobby
loss, home office, entertainment, foreign bank, foreign income exclusion, car
for biz, early IRA/401k income, day/currency trader, big gambling win.
This is how the rich avoid an audit: Trump’s lawyer tells
the tax assessor of Ossining that his National
Golf Club in Ossining is worth only $1.4 million yet it gives The Don over $10
million a year and is really worth $50 million. Depreciation
reduces his taxes more.
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New TrumpCare law is really excuse to cut taxes for the rich
GOP is using the repeal of ObamaCare to give millionaires a big
tax cut. The bill has a windfall
for the top 1% who now pay 20 taxes for ObamaCare. They don’t say this. Instead
they are marketing TrumpCare as “freedom”: “We’re not going to send an IRS
agent out to chase you down and make you buy health insurance,”
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), the chairman of the Energy and
Commerce health subcommittee, said last month. “If the
[coverage] numbers drop, I would say that’s a good thing, because we’ve
restored personal liberty in this country.”
GOP abolishes the mandate so when people get sick or
accident, we all will pay like before. You
can have “access” but there is no cap on what insurers can charge. Conservatives
want to cut
even more help for obtaining health insurance. Age-rated tax credit
of $2,000 can be advanced so you may buy a substandard policy. If you are
really sick or have a coverage gap you will pay much more. Prices will go up so
working poor will only buy limited coverage that does not cover all your bills.
Trump does not have ACA but calls it “nightmare.” Prices are market driven so
Congress millionaires can afford to buy whatever they want and we will get junk
policy for $2,000. Minimum for a full-coverage policy now costs about $400/month.
Medicaid subsidy to states phased out so fewer poor will be covered for fewer
needs. What workers lose with TrumpCare is coverage and money. GOP did not cut
insurance prices; gave big pharma blank check.
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We are entering
the Twilight Zone:
"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known
to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the
middle ground between light and shadow, between
science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears
and the summit of his knowledge. It is an area which we call the Twilight
Zone" where “alternative
facts” and illusions of conspiracies are lived out. Lies are considered
truth.
Rod Serling
Remember, Don Trump
is still a contractor from Queens NY, just
richer than most. As a promoter, his income is from lending
his wealth “brand” to other’s buildings and golf. The Don does not like to
read so policy
is 1 page of MAPS—he likes maps and TV. He conducts secret state business
in front of the wealthy; letting
them play with the nuclear “football” that can kill us all. Richard
DeAgazio might be Russian spy who switched nuclear briefcase on Rick during
photo op. Creates
fear to control base. Tweets
all night.
Real
Donald Trump called for lock-step marching by all and remember your brown
shirts. When ideology “discards
and chops off” the facts and calls world normal.
Conservatives
jump into anarchy: “the deconstruction of the administrative state.” Bannon
called himself a “Leninist”
who wanted to “bring
everything crashing down.” State
Dept being decimated. Putin thrilled!
Racist
legacy: “get out of my country” supporter kills restaurant patron in
KS. Bannon previously articulated his dismay with South Asians supposedly dominate Silicon Valley.
White high schoolers
launch verbal
assault “Trump, trump, trump” in racist chant.
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Promises (lies)
and Actual outcomes:
Does The Don realize
that he is now President of a country NOT just a corporation?
The
Don claims Obama “wire tapped” his Tower
last fall. Right
wing conspiracy or FBI
NSA
CIA tracking Trump meetings with Russian spies/businessmen Kislyak,
Tevfik Arif, Khrapunov,
Sater,
Manaford,
Birshtein,
BayrockGroup, Firtash,
Rybolovlev
etc, etc
“Russians
make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets,”
Trump Jr. said at the time. “We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia ."
After six
bankruptcies, Russian mob money allowed
The Don to stay afloat. Russian
money allowed The Don to make deals in US and Canada. His development money
does NOT come from banks but illicit assets laundered
through real estate, like Rybolovlev’s purchase which is a Russian strategy
used
by Putin’s inner circle. FBI
is checking Russian Alpha bank link to Trump server.
Russian hackers are demanding
ransom from groups critical of the Trump administration. Intimidation and
fear tactics are powerful weapons in democracy.
New
Muslim ban is still unconstitutional--it discriminates. What about 9/11
Saudis?
Movie mogul Mnuchin,
Treasury, will suspend
payments to certain pension funds as it tries to delay, as long as
possible, falling behind on other payments as US hits debt limit.
The Don’s
statements, T/F: http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/stories/
“Obama wire tapped
me” investigation is smoke. Trump’s Justice Dept has log of requests to court
for all wiretaps. Trump does not understand how govt works.
Where do these Trump
‘alternate facts’ come from? Paranoia unstable volatile?
The Dictator is told he
can use smaller nuclear bombs and only kill “scores of thousands”
Pentagon wants greater number of weapons for “tailored
nuclear option for limited use.”
Trump: “the power, the devastation
is very important to me.” Has “codes” as watches TV “maybe
ISIL, maybe Europe needs small nuclear; when I negotiate I want them
guessing.
The Dictator wants to build more carriers which are expensive
and can be killed easily and the military can’t use. The
enemy can sink a $13 Billion carrier in 20 minutes. Terrorists can be
killed in cheaper ways.
Bannon is halting
an inquiry into oil and gas industry emissions of methane that destroys
ozone protection from the sun. Bannon pushing to pull down Paris climate accord too. The Don’s golf
courses now benefit from his canceling clean water rule—fairway runoffs
Sessions
lied on Fox when asked if knew Putin wanted Trump to win. His committee received
in January a declassified report from U.S. intelligence agencies that Putin did.
Under oath, Sessions
said Jan. 10: “…I did not have communications with the Russians.”
Another shoe: Many
Trumpers met with Russians during the campaign to beat Hillary.
Sessions can lie: Constitution's Speech or Debate Clause says our Reps ABOVE that law.
Alternative universe: Sessions explanation says “no lie,
just correct statement”
The Don boosts
tax credit educational system with visit to FL Catholic not public school.
But research shows little
difference in outcomes. Parental
support key to kid success.
KS schools so under funded by tax cuts the court
orders KS to fund education fairly.
Charter
schools create millionaire owners with no dividend for the kids
GOP law to end
right to sue malpractice docs and class action for corporate
wrongs
The
Don benefited from a deal with Mexico utility to pipe low-cost TX gas to run US
businesses in Mexico
against his own promise to keep US jobs here.
Man
who patches Mexico border says no GREAT WALL: Trump could learn something.
Flynn back to work for Turkey
to spy on US for Putin. More
air time on Russian TV.
The Don claims credit for things he had nothing to do with:
Fiat Chrysler will
invest in Michigan and Ohio
plants and create 2,000 jobs. The
CEO said it had been
in the works for more than a year and had nothing to do with Trump.
Ford expanded
in Michigan rather than in Mexico .
But it had more to do with a strategic decision related to investing in electric vehicles not
Trump talk.
Walmart said
it would create 10,000
jobs in 2017 as part of a $6.8 billion capital spending plan announced
in October.
Intel would
create 10,000 jobs at a “new” plant in Arizona .
But the chipmaker already announced
this factory in 2011 with Obama. It just hadn’t opened yet.
SoftBank, the
Japanese company that owns a controlling stake in Sprint, announced a $100 billion technology budget but Sprint
may only replace workers with SoftBank ones.
Alibaba, the
Chinese e-commerce company, pledged to create 1 million U.S.
jobs if he can unseat
Amazon.com as largest e-commerce as planned in 2015.
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Regulators are the only protection against
corporations since we
can’t sue anymore
“It is nearly
impossible for one individual to take on a corporation with vast resources.”
Supremes
stop us from suing—State courts no
longer available to sue corporations!
Mercedes-Benz recalls 1 million vehicles with fire
potential
Bannon’s “deconstructing of the state” cancels
90 regs we need like mental ill gun ban, care in handling SS numbers, etc.
90 regs killed
by lobbyists. Chase asked for 16 kills.
William D. Allen, NFL, caught defrauding
other NFL players $16.8 million; off to jail
NH
will send police to your home to verify voter roll as voter fraud hysteria spreads.
Regs are ignored by detention
“courts” to deport not just criminals but the unlucky.
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?
Police organization issued a formal
apology for the historic mistreatment of minorities.
Police to buy
military weapons against civilians again.
SCAMS:
GOP new bill will delay
all regulations—poison food, asbestos, fertilizer, water, safety.
Ignoramus Award:
How our government
wastes our money:
Where have all the
jobs gone?
This is where the best
job holders live in NJ.
GM will lay off
1,100 in Michigan after domestic production shift
RadioShack closed 187 more stores—lay off 2000 more
Which job board sites are best
for your job search?
Who owns your
account now?
Apartment
rents in Manhattan fell FELL and your landlord account will negotiate
You can read how this all comes out in Orwell’s 1984: CIA
tracks everyone everywhere just like in the book: http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/1984/2/
Ransomware recovery: http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/53438/malware/ransomware-recover-guide.html
Robo calls handled by Mr NoMoRobo: https://www.nomorobo.com/
Miracle:
Can anyone figure out what
is going on with Trump and Russia?
Will we ever know whether Putin
and his friends have been bankrolling The Don since his bankruptcies and
need payback?
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