Posted on 20 September 2009. Tags: 5 Steps To Freedom, Alan Greenspan, Big Brother, capital gains, capitalism, cash flow, Constitution, consumption, corporate taxes, create your own currency, cumulative taxation, currency, currency debasement, cut dependence on institutions, dollar, economic freedom, economic growth, Economics, effective tax burden, federal reserve, FI, financial freedom, financial institutions, financial intelligence, financial slavery, free enterprise, freedom, government, growth, income, income taxes, individual freedom, Individual Retirement Account, inflation, Investing, Jeff Nabers, liberty, middle class, nation of serfs, perpetual inflation, Phoebe Chongchua, Politics, property rights, punative taxation, purchasing power, Real Estate, real estate investing, regulation, regulations, revenue participation, Rob Viglione, royalty financing, Savings, self-directed IRA, serfdom, slavery, small business, socialism, solo 401(k), speculation, taxation, USD
The shackles of serfdom are being silently fastened to America. Every dollar Congress spends beyond its budget, every Federal Reserve Note printed, every tax, regulation, and government intrusion into our lives renders us less free. Ever wonder why it feels like it’s increasingly difficult to make ends meet? Remember the days when one spouse could work, the other raise the kids, and still save for a comfortable retirement? Those days are gone, but why? What’s next? The 5 Steps to Freedom: How To Cut Your Dependence On Institutions And Escape Financial Slavery, by Jeff Nabers explains what happened to our once prosperous society and how we can all take definite steps to escape what is to come. Continue Reading
Posted in Economics, Investing, Personal Finance, Politics
Posted on 15 March 2009. Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, barack obama, can't pay mortgage, congress, falling income, finance, ill, income, Investing, Jennifer Lohan, loan modification, mortgage, mortgage modification, mortgagefit, Politics, President Obama, Real Estate, rent, sick, stimulus bill, subsidize housing, tough times, unemployed
With the increase in the number of foreclosures an increasing number of the borrowers are turning to loan modification programs. Working with your lender, loan modification can prevent foreclosure and also help you in save some cash. Continue Reading
Posted in Personal Finance, Real Estate
Posted on 12 August 2008. Tags: College, income, Salary
Payscale.com just finished a study that ranked the top colleges graduates earnings following graduation. They did this for private and public universities and for three different groups: 0 to 5 yrs after graduation, 10 to 20 yrs after graduation and top 10% of grads 10 to 20 yrs after graduation.
The top school following graduation was Dartmouth with salaries for the 3 groups listed above at $58,000, $134,000 and $321,000. The top public school was Univ of CA-Berkeley with salaries of $60,000, $112,000 and $201,000. 
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Posted in Personal Finance
Posted on 22 June 2008. Tags: census, choose to work, Employment, highest quintile, income, income brackets, lowest quintile, poor, Poverty, poverty level, rich, welfare, work
No one chooses to live at or below the poverty level right? Well, I didnt think so, but the Census data may prove otherwise.
As of 2000, there are 106 million households in the US. I am first going to break the country into quintiles from lowest income to highest income (which means that the bottom 20% or 21 million households earn the least, and so on).
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Posted in Economics, Politics
