Government Partnered With Banks to Monitor Americans’ Financial Data
The government partnered with banks to monitor Americans’ financial data as a work-around for the laws that restrict them from violating individual rights. December 16, 2024 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The regulatory state is an interesting game of cat and mouse. We’ve built full industries and businesses around finding the exceptions and loopholes. […]
Deregulation is the Path Forward
Given the economic burden of regulations and their enforcement deregulation is the path forward. December 9, 2024 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP There’s an adage that says “the devil is in the details”. It refers to everything from the nuance of wording, to implications and unknown/unanticipated consequences. That’s what regulations are. The devil in […]
How to go off the grid without leaving your couch… Dev
How to go off the grid without leaving your couch… Many years ago one of my mentors once told me that in order to protect my assets I must first figure out how to make sure they cannot be easily found. I thought long and hard about that statement trying to understand what he meant. […]
Independence is NOT Isolation
People are conflating independence with isolationism, and that is a zero-sum approach to a win-win situation. Decentralization is where real freedom is found. March 7, 2022 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP I’m a huge advocate of decentralization. I tell people all the time to get multiple streams of income from gigs to investments. I […]
Feds Enjoy Boon from Crypto Seizures
Government gets comfortable with asset forfeiture at every level; but the feds are especially enjoying the boon crypto has brought. August 9, 2021 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP It’s no secret that governments supplement their tax revenues with asset seizures and fines. Often times they can offset tax hikes in favor of fine hikes […]
The NEW & EASY Way to Start a “Digital Nomad” Business
Becoming a digital nomad has a whole world of benefits (literally!), and it just got a whole lot easier to start a business as one! Ever since March 2020, the U.S. has quickly become a nightmare of increasing authoritarianism, rising taxes, and political insanity. And while some states like Florida are moving in the right […]
Tax Avoidance: Don’t Be Mad, Be Smart
Of all the things I resent about Donald Trump, tax avoidance didn’t even make the list. October 5, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Last week, I wrote about the debates and touched on the whole brouhaha over Trump’s taxes. Based on what I’ve seen, some folks have lost sight of what it means […]
More Uncertainty for US Gig Workers
With a major election cycle fast approaching, the Federal Department of Labor makes an effort to offset anti-gig work bills AB5 in California and the PRO Act on the federal level. But will that be enough? September 28, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Ever hear the saying, “Freedom isn’t free”? Whoever said that […]
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 […]
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 […]
