With tax season having opened up, many taxpayers are starting to express shock at the diminished size of their tax refunds. Having expected similar refunds as in years past, many taxpayers are seeing their refunds reduced, or in some cases they’re even owing the IRS money. Many are blaming President Trump, alleging that his tax […]
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Think of vaults full of gold and your mind is likely to think of Switzerland, long a favored location for the ultra-wealthy to stash their assets. The conservatism of the Swiss people and of their banking sector made Switzerland one of the last country’s to tie its currency to gold. Until being done away with […]
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With the Democratic takeover of Congress calls have come for new taxes on income and wealth. From calls to raise the highest tax bracket to 70% on the ultra-rich to proposals for an annual wealth tax on the wealthy, ideas abound for ways to soak the rich and get more money for various government programs […]
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More and more news reports are indicating that President Trump will avert another government shutdown by signing a spending bill that will allocate far less money to construction of a border wall than he wants. The bill that will be placed before him includes $1.375 billion for the construction of another 55 miles of wall […]
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The Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives has been anything but smooth. Faced with a government shutdown immediately after regaining the gavel, Nancy Pelosi also has to face a trio of newly-elected female Representatives whose inability to self-censor and keep from making inflammatory remarks risks getting the Democrats in trouble. While Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets […]
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In another piece of positive news for Bitcoin, recent research indicates that Bitcoin’s mining network is growing more and more decentralized. That’s a positive for Bitcoin, as it means that no one network could threaten a potential “51 percent attack” and unilaterally rewrite Bitcoin’s rules. And the more decentralized the network becomes, the less likely […]
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The Ruger P-series pistols originated in Ruger’s attempt to develop a pistol to compete in the US military’s trials to replace the venerable Model 1911 pistol. While Ruger failed in its attempts to win the trials, losing to the Beretta 92, its P-series pistols went on to become popular pistols on the civilian market. The […]
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With much of the world focused on the political crisis in Venezuela and the Maduro regime’s attempts to get its gold back, the worsening political climate in Europe has been relegated largely to the back burner. But with Italy in the midst of both internal and external political turmoil, it could play a role in […]
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It has long been alleged that significant amounts of the weaponry used by ISIS and various Islamist rebel groups throughout the Middle East came from stocks of arms and supplies that once belonged to US forces. But while much of that weaponry was believed to have come from stocks given to Iraqi forces and then […]
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With heart disease remaining one of the biggest killers of Americans, more and more people are taking steps to monitor their health and mitigate their risk of developing heart disease. For many, that takes the form of lowering their blood pressure. Aside from the many medications that can be taken to lower blood pressure, many […]
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