Civil Liberties Could Be Making a Comeback
While 2020 has been a tough year for civil liberties, the silver lining is growing as an end to civil forfeiture and the Patriot Act are on the horizon. December 21, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Three of the most expensive failures of government has been prohibition, theft, and surveillance. If they got […]
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Taxes
With all the economic destruction politicians have wreaked, they created a desperate revenue situation that will lead to new taxes. December 14, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP A few bills are hitting the news, and I have a cynical hunch as to why. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act or “MORE Act” […]
Social Engineering and Wealth Transfers
There is a direct correlation between social engineering programs and transfers of wealth; and the politics around the pandemic has highlighted this fact. December 7, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I shared an article on my Facebook account about the wasteland New York city has become since losing tourism. It’s sad to see. […]
More Lock Downs and a Privilege Tax?
Even the WHO knows better than to indulge another lock down, yet that plus the idea of a privilege tax are surfacing. November 16, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP When it comes to the government, I’m a cynic at best and a pessimist on most days. When it comes to the market, however, […]
Trading Privacy for the Illusion of Safety
Privacy is the ransom for the illusion of safety as well as permission to exercise other freedoms that have been taken away. October 26, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The surveillance state has managed to expand in large part because people subscribe to the existence of boogeymen from which they need protection. Remember terrorists? […]
A Biden Presidency Comes With Tax Hikes
If Biden wins the presidential election, taxes will go up considerably for many Americans. That doesn’t look good for an already ailing economy. October 19, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Election season is upon us. Love it or hate it, it does present some possible changes in policy. At one point we saw […]
Checkpoint 2020: What We Have & What’s Ahead
While some are hopeful 2020 was a fluke year, looking forward, it’s more important than ever to carve out options that maximize your independence. October 12,2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Politics these days has become — no, has regressed into — nothing more than petty rumor spreading. I saw a post a while […]
Could This U.S. State Be the Canary in the Coal Mine?
Are California’s high taxes, heavy regulations, lockdowns, and electricity rationing why many are leaving that state? Or a blueprint for the rest of the country to follow? In an attempt to scare Americans about climate change, California Governor Gavin Newsom recently said his state is, “America fast-forward.” While I’m reluctant to agree with Newsom (he’s […]
Good News: Tax Loopholes Aren’t Just for Trump
Trump only paid $750 in federal income taxes. The even BETTER news is, those same rules apply to you too, and there are loopholes a-plenty for you too! October 1, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP This week I actually watched the Trump- Biden debate. You may be surprised to hear that since I […]
COVID-19 Opens the Door for a U.S. Police State
US governors are getting too comfortable with their COVID-19 emergency powers, that they might start to emulate Australia’s police state. Unless you’ve been living in a cabin out in the woods, you’ve been saturated with media coverage of COVID-19. Lots of the typical “fear porn,” which includes the carefully-reported statistics manipulated in such a way […]
