Breaking News: FATCA Delayed by Two Years!
May 29, 2014 By: Diane Kennedy, CPA After this exciting headline, your first question might be, “What is FATCA and why do I care?” Let’s start there. FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) came about in 2010 as part of the HIRE Act. This added chapter 4 to Subtitle A of the Code. “Chapter 4” […]
“I Will Fight No More Forever”
May 26, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher It’s that lovely time of year again, when I fire up my political barbeque and throw some nationalistic jingo-patties on the grill! This is when all the veteran-lovers dog pile those who admonish rather than praise their military service. I want to take a moment to remember all […]
S.W.A.T.: Standard Weapons and Tactics
May 19, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I heard there was a time when SWAT teams were reserved for really dangerous situations. For example, a man has a bank full of hostages. It only seemed right that a more tightly trained tactical team would be on the scene. I assumed in situations like that, you […]
The Power of Geo-Political Diversification
May 14, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director of GWP Yesterday, I began a four-week trip taking me through Switzerland, Italy, the US and Paraguay. Stop one is in Zurich, where I am writing from today. I’ve been to Zurich several times in the past few years but I’m always amazed at the cost of […]
Science Not-So Fiction
May 12, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Penny for your thoughts? Next time you see a penny, think of its relative size to an RFID chip! I usually assign about a 1:20 ratio of news coverage to what’s actually going on. For example, there’s all sorts of things our government is doing about which no […]
What Deference Does it Make?
May 5, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Have you heard the catch phrases “taxation is theft” or “inflation is taxation”? While they are quite accurate in their depictions, there is a bigger picture to the theft perpetrated by the state… especially in the United States. Let’s put the taxes and quantitative easing aside for the […]
