22 Trillion Reasons to Get Ready for a Market Crash
We live in strange times indeed. If you only pay attention to the mainstream media in the U.S., it would seem like everything is fine. Corporate profits are up, home sales are up, the Dow Jones is up, and unemployment is down. Sounds good, right? Yet, if you look just below the “surface” of propaganda-led […]
What Sort of Taxes Can You Expect with Medicare for All?
We’ve heard the benefits will far outweigh the costs when it comes to Medicare for All. But who is willing to pay as much as 32% payroll tax or a 42% VAT? November 4, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Two candidates have been forthcoming about how the cost burdens for their programs would […]
Democrats Want a Wealth Tax
Democrats suggest a Wealth Tax, which is a short-sighted money grab that could lead to the nationalization of businesses. October 21, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Politicians like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez like to hearken back to the Eisenhower era of 91% marginal tax rates. How wonderful that was! It […]
How is the US Going to Pay for That Spending?
Top Democratic contenders are suggesting $22.25 to $47.2 Trillion in spending with no significant cuts to anything other than private sector wealth. September 23, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I’ll ask the Democratic candidates the same question I asked Trump regarding his tariffs, wall, and military spending: How are you planning to pay […]
Emerging Market Citizens Turning to Crypto
By Teeka Tiwari, Editor, Palm Beach Confidential Emerging market currencies are getting hammered… China’s yuan recently fell to fresh 11-year lows amid trade war worries with the U.S. In August, the Argentine peso crashed 30.3%—in one day. And last year, the Turkish lira lost 30% against the U.S. dollar. (And it continued to fall—plunging over […]
How You Lose Money if You Keep it in a Bank…
Banks can slowly rob account holders through a cashless agenda and negative interest rates. You stand at a fork in the road: In one direction, your money stays safe. In the other direction, your money could get slowly taken from you by banks and any Government. McAlvany ICA shines a light on the big way […]
Is the US Headed Toward Greatness?
Economic tinkering, more of the same with the surveillance state, and a precarious trade war isn’t what one would expect on the path to greatness. August 26, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP When the MAGA slogan first came out, it was criticized for the same reasons as Michelle Obama’s statement, “for the first […]
Where Is the Price Transparency in Healthcare?
Healthcare costs are high, but we don’t know that until we see the bill. Accountability and transparency would go further than socialization in fixing the cost problem in healthcare. August 19, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Mangeing Director GWP Part of what makes the free market the best solution to meeting the needs of others is […]
Unintended Consequences of Trade War with China
The trade war is escalating to what might become a currency war. Other unintended consequences have followed, making global markets nervous. August 12, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP In this battle of will between the US and China, inevitably, the victims will be the private consumers. At the G20 Summit in Japan, it […]
Healthcare & Housing Affordability are Election Hot-Button Issues
With elections coming in the US, affordability of healthcare and housing are the hot-button topics dominating policy discussions. July 29, 2019 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP With the elections coming up, there is a lot of talk about what people can “afford” and how that connects with “living wages”. It’s obnoxious because the political […]
