It was like any other day during the middle of the summer. We were up early, had breakfast and was on our way to catching the ponies for a good day of riding, exploring and anything else we could find to do, well almost anything. My brother and I was about thirteen or fourteen and spent most of our days with a friend riding and doing what ever.
In recent days we had started swimming or ’skinny dipping’ in some of the local ponds. These ponds were not the most healthy. They were mainly to water cattle that belonged to a local farmer.
Now for those of you that do not know what that means is this. Cattle will at various times (more…)
I recently received an email that made the statement or claim that the government has intentions of seizing the private 401(k) pensions of millions of Americans while enforcing an additional 5 per cent payroll tax as part of a new bailout program.
This is a must read for millions of baby boomers who have worked most of their lives to build a nest egg for retirement. Now, with the prospect of a take over government confiscating YOUR pension, taxing it and turning it over to an already bankrupt social security administration, how will baby boomers handle their pensions?
Instead of making further quotes, I will reprint the article in its entirety.
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Government Prepares To Seize Private Pensions (more…)
There is a lot of talk about what baby boomers should be doing about retirement these days. Should we keep on working (if we can) or should we go ahead and retire and hope social security holds out. Well, there are other alternatives. We can quietly start putting away gold and silver for that rainy day.
When it comes to investing in (or with) gold, the way may not be so clear. There are many scams and scammers that will have no qualms about taking your money. There are other drawbacks in the form of naysayers who wish to misinform and might I say on purpose.
In an article by Joseph A. Giannone, NEW YORK, Tue Oct 5, 2010 entitled Private bankers advise “just say no to gold”, the opening statement reads (more…)
