CDC Tramples Private Property Rights
The CDC is pushing rental agreement contracts aside and trampling private property rights in the name of mitigating viral spread. September 21, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I imagine some of you, like me, have investment properties. Whether you rent out to long term or short term tenants, you probably thought your property […]
Is This the Rise of the Digital Nomad?
Protracted lock downs are making our old way off life impossible to go back to. It’s also introduced some great options for digital nomads. August 31, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The stay-home and lock down orders in many countries have forced businesses to pivot quickly. Retailers who relied heavily on brick-and-mortar models […]
California Folly Might Go Federal
California seeks to follow the federal government in chasing offshore taxes, while the federal government is following California’s example against gig workers. August 24, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director, GWP Watching California is like watching the fall of a great empire. As I look further into it, it looks like California and the Federal […]
SCOTUS Approved Warrantless Searches: Open Fields Doctrine
SCOTUS approved warrantless searches nearly one-hundred years ago, and it’s secretly been in effect and practice ever since, with five states rejecting the Open Fields doctrine. August 17, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, […]
US Passport Takes a Major Hit
Holders of US passports took a hit as a result of policies surrounding COVID-19. Not only are they banned from traveling to some countries, they have restricted access to states in their own country! July 27, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I’m willing to bet the most popular wish of 2020 is “GET […]
CBP Blurs Scope of Surveillance State
As the surveillance capabilities continue to expand under the guise of national security, one of the beneficiaries and participants is the CBP. July 20, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Last week I talked about countries like China moving toward a digital currency, and the US entertaining that idea. It will inevitably propel the […]
Race Toward Digital Currency: US vs China
While the US tries to adapt digital currency to its welfare state and otherwise avoid it in the global markets, China spent the last five years working on the digital yuan. Ben Franklin once said: I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion about the means. I think the best […]
Policy Experimentation: Florida vs New York
The state level experimentation in policy during and after the pandemic gives insights into what works, and what does not. This contrast is clear between New York and Florida. By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP July 6, 2020 Liberty is an ironic concept in the modern world. Individuals who call for it, are at once […]
Congress Pushes to Police Internet
Struck down for being unconstitutional, congress revisits a bill to police the internet which would make platforms and end users both liable for content. June 29, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The United States has become a sociological tinder box. Lock downs ushered in depression level economic hardship. The portrayal of the pandemic […]
A Small Reprieve in Surveillance
The United States has been under the jackboot of the surveillance state for quite some time; but recent events have brought about some reprieve in the facial recognition. June 15, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP It looks like there’s been a slight armistice in the brokering of our private data. I’m pleasantly surprised […]
