The Government Is Lying to You About Inflation, Too
Do you remember the first time you realized the government was lying to you?
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The Government Is Lying to You About Inflation, Too
The Plague of Civil Forfeiture (and One Way to Avoid It)
Under the Alice in Wonderland-type process of civil forfeiture, cops can seize your property – anything you own – if they believe that it’s somehow connected to a crime… any crime.
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The Plague of Civil Forfeiture (and One Way to Avoid It)
Don’t Go to War with the IRS
The IRS made headlines last October when a report it submitted to Congress admitted that the agency targets the tax returns of the working poor at about the same rate as wealthy taxpayers.
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Don’t Go to War with the IRS
Preparing for the End of the World as We Know it
A decade or so ago, a client I’ll call Will hired me to give him a list of tactics to prepare for an unforeseen natural or man-made disaster. I presented my research to him when we met a few weeks later.
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Preparing for the End of the World as We Know it
“Surveillance Capitalism” and Your Privacy
A growing network of companies, along with law enforcement and intelligence agencies, are quietly capitalizing on the explosion of data that most of us unknowingly generate as we go about our day.
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“Surveillance Capitalism” and Your Privacy
Could This Be the Most Secure Place on Earth to Protect Your Assets?
The island of Nevis covers just 36 square miles, has 12,000 full-time residents, several hundred hotel rooms, and a tiny airport.
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Could This Be the Most Secure Place on Earth to Protect Your Assets?
Why No One Needs to Be Poor in Dominica
Last week, I was in the Commonwealth of Dominica for the first time since 2017’s Hurricane Maria devastated the island.
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Why No One Needs to Be Poor in Dominica
A Better Way to Fight Climate Change
Our planet’s climate has been changing for billions of years. And it will continue for billions more, until our sun becomes a “Red Giant,” devouring the inner planets in the Solar System, including ours.
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A Better Way to Fight Climate Change
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Of Course There’s No Wasteful Government Spending! [Satire]
With a federal debt now exceeding $23 trillion, it’s good for citizens to learn how our tax dollars are used. In the public interest of understanding the wisdom of...
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Of Course There’s No Wasteful Government Spending! [Satire]
Your Home Is Spying on You, Too
The “internet of things” (IoT) is a system of web-connected devices or objects (including tracked animals and people) that can transfer data without any interaction between humans and computers.
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Your Home Is Spying on You, Too
Your New Year’s Resolution: Go Offshore
The world is smaller than ever. After just a seven-hour flight from the US East Coast, you could be in Austria, checking your gold into one of the safest, most private vaults in Europe.
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Your New Year’s Resolution: Go Offshore
The End of the United Kingdom Is Nothing to Fear
“The empire on which the sun never sets.” That phrase was first attributed to a priest named Fray Francisco de Ugalde, uttered to King Charles I of Spain during the 16th century.
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The End of the United Kingdom Is Nothing to Fear
Could Uncle Sam Strip You of Your Citizenship?
Last week, I described how federal authorities arrested Virgil Griffith for the crime of making a presentation on cryptocurrencies and blockchains using information anyone can download from the internet.
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Could Uncle Sam Strip You of Your Citizenship?
Uncle Sam’s Latest Martyr Should Have Gotten a Second Passport
Hacker and all-around eccentric Virgil Griffith is the latest victim in America’s unceasing battle to punish political crimes.
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Uncle Sam’s Latest Martyr Should Have Gotten a Second Passport
How the Nanny State Feasts on the Poor
Should you have to pay thousands of dollars before you can legally work? Or be imprisoned because you don’t have the money to pay a fine?
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How the Nanny State Feasts on the Poor
Do You Need an Asset Protection Trust?
We’ve all heard about the lady who spilled hot coffee on herself and won a big judgment against McDonald’s. Or burglars suing their homeowner victims for injuries sustained while committing their crimes.
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Do You Need an Asset Protection Trust?
Negative Interest Rates and You
At the end of this past August, an astonishing $17 trillion in global debt had negative yields. About 30% of investment-grade bonds had yields below zero.
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Negative Interest Rates and You
Trump’s Tax Returns and Your Privacy
In the next few days, President Trump will ask the Supreme Court to declare that he has an absolute right to withhold his tax returns from examination.
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Trump’s Tax Returns and Your Privacy
Working Doesn’t Need to Be the New Retirement
If you’re depending on social security or a traditional pension plan to pay for your retirement, chances are you’ll need to work until you die.
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Working Doesn’t Need to Be the New Retirement
“We Can Confiscate Your Bugatti for Driving 5 MPH Over the Speed Limit”
Last February, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibition against “excessive fines and fees” applies to civil forfeiture cases...
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“We Can Confiscate Your Bugatti for Driving 5 MPH Over the Speed Limit”
Deeper “Deep Fakes” Are Here
Did you know Hollywood star Nicholas Cage played Lois Lane in a Superman movie? Or that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg once boasted that the social media giant has “total control of billions of people’s stolen data?”
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Deeper “Deep Fakes” Are Here
Offshore: More Important Than Ever
Given shifting attitudes, it’s harder to publicly argue in favor of offshore investing than it once was.
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Offshore: More Important Than Ever
How to Stop Paying Income Tax Permanently
Many Americans believe that the federal income tax as it’s now imposed is likely unconstitutional.
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How to Stop Paying Income Tax Permanently
Congress and the IRS Declare War on Overseas Americans
A fundamental injustice of US tax law is that it discriminates against the approximately nine million Americans who live in other countries.
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Congress and the IRS Declare War on Overseas Americans
What Russia and China Know That We’ve Forgotten
Starting in the fall of 2003, I spent nearly two years living in Vienna, Austria. I was there to earn a master’s degree (LL.M.) in international tax law from the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law.
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What Russia and China Know That We’ve Forgotten
Why Government Will Never Take Down Cryptos
The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) is perhaps the most important organization you’ve never heard of. The G-7, which is essentially a club for the world's wealthiest nations, set up the FATF in 1989.
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Why Government Will Never Take Down Cryptos
What We’ve Lost in the “War on Terror”
Tomorrow is the 18th anniversary of four coordinated attacks in the US by Al Qaeda operatives that killed nearly 3,000 people.
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What We’ve Lost in the “War on Terror”
How the Next Global Financial Collapse Will Unfold
Italy is an amazing country with a long history, outstanding food, great wines, and unsurpassed culture. But it’s facing an economic and political crisis that will lead to a global financial collapse.
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How the Next Global Financial Collapse Will Unfold
As Trump Closes America’s Doors, the Rest of the World is Making New Friends
President Trump says that “trade wars are good and easy to win.” Unfortunately for the US, that’s simply not true.
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As Trump Closes America’s Doors, the Rest of the World is Making New Friends
Nine Reasons Why All Anti-Money Laundering Laws Should Be Repealed
It began in 1986. Congress was panicking because it felt America was losing the War on (Some) Drugs. So, it enacted the Money Laundering Control Act (MLCA).
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Nine Reasons Why All Anti-Money Laundering Laws Should Be Repealed