When Trust in Government & the Press is Lost
A general loss of trust in government and media weighs heavy on the world, particularly in the US; yet no sincere effort to restore trust is in sight. January 25, 2021 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There are two things that get people to cooperate quickly and with little resistance: fear and faith. People […]
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” […]
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? […]
The IRS Versus Tax Loopholes
The IRS will stop at nothing to capture a few more bucks in revenue. They seek the cooperation of foreign banks, and even crossed the Constitutional line. Taxation is theft. The U.S. was founded in part as a resistance to taxation. And for about 100 years, that resistance was pretty effective. Then, in 1862 an […]
COVID-19 Tracing Apps Destroy Privacy (As You’d Expect)
Contact tracing is the latest in surveillance monitoring and like everything else is being done in the name of “public safety”. But is the risk more than it’s worth? As part of the U.S. governors’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, quite a few have decided to implement a contact tracing program. That means if you […]
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 […]
DHS Looking to Expand Surveillance Powers Through Biometrics
The DHS is once again looking to expand the scope of its surveillance capabilities. This time by broadening the definition of “biometric”. September 14, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I’ve likened the response to COVID-19 to that of 9/11: a gross overreach by the government in the name of safety, in response to […]
St. Kitts & Nevis Are At It Again
St. Kitts & Nevis are well-known for their Citizenships by Investment Programs (CIP), and their family package is definitely one worth considering. September 7, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP St. Kitts and Nevis are always flickering on the expat radar. They get a lot of grief for their Citizenship by Investment Programs from […]
The Google “Backdoor” Into Your Smartphone Data
Google is becoming a data juggernaut by tracking app usage to keep a competitive edge over other apps in the space. Just when you think your smartphone data might be safe from Google’s snoops, they come up with another “Hold my beer” moment. And in this case, thanks to a little known “backdoor,” Android users […]
