Business Crowded Out by Mandates
July 7, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher By now you probably know that Obamacare is rolling out in phases, and each phase has had its glitches. First it was that everyone has to have health insurance. NO MATTER WHAT!!!! But the penalties for not having insurance weren’t going to roll out for another year, giving […]
Playing Catch-up With Bitcoin
June 30, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher A little topic I’ve not indulged for a while is Bitcoin (BTC). There have been some interesting developments surrounding this particular virtual currency. Mt. Gox was hacked back in February and filed for bankruptcy by month’s end. Prior to that, Mt. Gox Vice Chair, Charlie Shrem, was brought […]
Internal Revenue Scandal
June 23, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher There’s been a fair amount of grumbling over the past several months regarding the IRS and its dealings with some “Conservative” groups. It started off as there being a good amount of stalling and balking when some “conservative” groups filed for tax-exemption status with the IRS. About 25% […]
Second Passport in Paraguay – Too Good to be True?
June 14, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Is getting a second passport in Paraguay too good to be true? This week we found out all the details on the ground in Asuncion. This past week, I was meeting with our partners in Paraguay investigating their residency and citizenship program. We met with government […]
Property Right: The One And Only
June 9, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher For whatever reason, this past week has been a battle for property right on the interwebs! I had two major discussions, both of which ultimately lead to the same conclusion. The first was regarding the Isla Vista shooting/stabbing and the other regarding amassing wealth. The Isla Vista Shooting/Stabbing […]
Snowden’s Relevant Revelations
June 2, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher This past week, Edward Snowden did his first American MSM interview with NBC’s Brian Williams. Admittedly, I found it rather lackluster. That Williams had the opportunity to ask far more probing questions regarding programs like PRISM or the extent to which the NSA can and HAS invited itself […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
