How Many Of Your Local Taxes And Fees Are Rocketing Higher?
While wages have supposedly gone up 3.4% in 2018, taxes and fees are rising at much higher rates…
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What Do The Paris Riots And Japan’s Lack Of Sex Have In Common?
This is one of those truths about pensions and Social Security that we have been talking about. Something has got to give. Here’s some cold, hard truth…
Continue readingPENSION TENSION: It’s An Emotional Subject, But We’ve Got To Talk About It
Robert Kiyosaki says if you think that government won’t take away the pensions it promised, you aren’t paying attention. Here’s why…
Continue readingOne-Third Of Americans Have Less Than $5,000 Saved For Retirement
Americans are in terrible financial shape for retirement, and it doesn’t look like it will get any better any time soon. Here’s why…
Continue readingFairy Tale Investing: The Fantasy Of A ‘Balanced Portfolio’ With ‘Balanced Returns’ Funding Retirements
A balanced portfolio yielding balanced returns for decades to come is widely accepted as a sure thing, but really that’s just pure fantasy. Here’s why…
Continue readingAnother Way To Look At The Pension Crisis: A Stealth Mortgage On Your House
A home is likely one’s biggest asset, but a big chunk of home equity is secretly claimed by the local government, and it will only get worse. Here’s why…
Continue readingBankrupt Philadelphia Plunders Its Property Owners For Cash
The city is now filing liens on homeowners, for, unpaid gas utility bills, and not unpaid to the tune of $1,000s, but low $100s. Here’s more…
Continue readingAnd The Latest Casualty In The Global Pension Catastrophe Is…
“Incredible. 38.5%. At that level, there’s simply no chance the city will ever be able to meet its obligations to retired police officers….” Here’s the details…
Continue readingAmerica’s Silent $6,000,000,000,000 Crisis With No Solution In Sight
“From Portland to Portland, Lake Superior to the Mexican gulf…American pensions are wrecked upon the rocks of actuarial fact.”
Continue readingDark Days Ahead As The War Between Pensioners And Tax Payers Heats Up
“If the stock and bond markets suffer multi-year declines, even modest declines, the pension war will move from skirmishes to…”
Continue readingMeanwhile: Congress Has Quietly Formed A Committee To Bail Out 200 Pension Funds
“The US pension system is beyond repair. And if you’re depending on pension income to carry you through retirement, it’s…”
Continue readingHere They Come: Up to 90% Pension Payment Cuts
CalPERS is cutting in ranges estimated at 70%, 92%, and even 100% depending on the location, terms and conditions. The pension and retirement systems across the United States are rolling […]
Continue readingLynette Zang: First Gold, Then Fiat, and Now They Want EVEN MORE POWER
Lynette Zang discusses how Pensions, IRAs and 401Ks are simply going to vanish into the financial black hole. Lynette says that going from gold to fiat was destructive by design, […]
Continue readingTsunami Warning Brace Now: These Pension Problems Will Come Crashing Down on Gold and Silver
Brace yourself because the water has now receded in the land of retirement. Here’s the problems and this is what happens.
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