Nuts and Bolts of Asset Protection
This week I will take a break from the usual rants about government stupidity and my philosophical discussions about how people should act and the world should look. Instead, we will discuss some nuts and bolts of Asset Protection Planning. For the purpose of discussion, I will share with you a couple recent client (names […]
Money Grubbing Bureaucrats Among US
Last week’s article titled, “The Criminalization of Cash – Orwellian Reality”, generated some interesting feedback. Most of it was supportive, which was to be expected since the majority of my readers subscribe because they agree with the viewpoints represented. However, one subscriber had a very different perspective. Actually he went so far as to threaten […]
Senate Amendment Allows IRS to Revoke Passports
by Brian Mahany, Esq. Each day we lose more and more of our fundamental rights. Many of these rights were given up in the name of “national security.” It’s a very slippery slope. Scholars have debated the erosion of civil rights caused by the passage of the Patriot Act. A recent unanimous amendment to a […]
How to Boil a Frog, by Politicus Bumpkiss
How to boil a frog, by Politicus Bumpkiss: Allow many tax breaks to expire quietly like; Alternative minimum tax (AMT) — A series of temporary legislative “patches” over the last several years has prevented a dramatic increase in the number of individuals subject to the AMT–essentially a parallel federal income tax system with its own […]
Using Geo-Arbitrage to Stop the Acceleration of Destruction
After last week’s asset protection newsletter, “The United Corporate Statism of America”, the resulting backlash from readers was to be expected. It seems some people, regardless of the clear patterns in government today, remain sheeple and think the president deserves a certain level of respect exclusively linked to his position of power. It just seems […]
The Noose Tightens
On Wednesday the US Treasury Department reached broad agreements with five European nations on a proposal to prevent US taxpayers from dodging taxes through oreign owned and controlled accounts. Those countries are France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Folks, the western world is tightening the noose around your necks. The window of opportunity is […]
Are You One of the Wage Slave Sheeple?
Every week I talk to people who are interested in making the move abroad for various reasons. Some are bored and tired of the corporate rat race; some are looking for love in all the right places. Others are disgusted with the state of economic affairs in the US and just looking for a new […]
I’m Mad as Hell…
…and I’m not going to take it anymore. This is the sentiment expressed around the US through the recent ‘Occupy Wall Street (OWS)’ movement that seems to be flaring tempers on both sides of the argument. Living in Eastern Europe, I am somewhat sheltered from this, but with Facebook and all of the news outlets […]
I’m Buying Call Options on Entrepreneurship
Asset Protection – Entrepreneurship Over the past week I have been working with one of my asset protection clients developing a strategy for him to minimize his risk. He is a commercial real estate entrepreneur with a fairly large 8 figure net worth. Every time I work with successful entrepreneurs like him I can feel […]
Putting a Band-aid on a Bullet Hole
If you can fog a mirror you are certainly aware of the Obamessiah’s grand plan to save jobs in America. If you are so inclined you can read the full 199 page proposal here. For those of you not inclined to read the musings of Barry O and his legal minions, let me summarize his […]
