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Price Increase for St. Kitts & Nevis Economic Citizenship
From Mark Nestmann, 7 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Several weeks ago, I wrote here that a company promoting economic citizenship in the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis had informed prospective clients that the cost of citizenship would increase by a minimum of $65,000 on September 1.
That supposed deadline came and went without incident, but effective October 14, the government has imposed a minimum $50,000 price increase. There are still two ways to obtain economic citizenship. The most practical strategy is to make a direct contribution...
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Happy New Year from the IRS!
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
2010 will bring many surprises from the IRS, most of them unwelcome. You can expect more audits, a crackdown on anyone the IRS considers "wealthy," and most ominous of all, much higher payments to IRS informants. And of course, dozens of bills before Congress would escalate the "war on wealth" to even greater heights. In the meantime, dear reader, you have the responsibility of understanding and complying with the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The complete IRC contains about 8,000 pages of...
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More Useless TSA Rules Won't Improve Airline Security
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The Christmas day attempt by a young Nigerian to blow up a Northwest Airlines jet has the Transportation Security Administration in full blame avoidance (CYA) mode. Travelers flying to the United States can now expect new layers of inconvenience at airline security checkpoints. None of these new measures have anything to do with security. Instead, they're the familiar "security theater" initiatives designed to reassure we ignorant proles that the government is "doing something" to fight...
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Windows "Shadow Copy" Raises Security Risks
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
I've long criticized the lackadaisical attitude of Microsoft toward security. However, in recent years they've done a much better job identifying and patching vulnerabilities in their operating systems and applications. One exception, though, is the "Shadow Copy" feature incorporated into Windows Vista and Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows 7. Shadow Copy is what lets these operating systems restore your system to an earlier configuration if disaster strikes (e.g., you accidentally...
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Obama Gives States a REAL New Year's Gift
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Imagine walking down the street to the corner store for a newspaper and being stopped by policeman. He demands to see an official government-issued photo ID. You don't have it with you. The policeman tells you you're subject to a fine, and takes you into custody until authorities can ascertain your identity. Is this a totalitarian nightmare of East Germany or the Soviet Union' No, this is everyday life in dozens of countries that have issued citizens national ID cards that must be carried...
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EU Caves in to U.S. Demands on Financial Data
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
If you're not a U.S. citizen, don't have a U.S. bank account, and don't invest in U.S. assets, you might assume that the United States has no right to snoop into your financial affairs. But if you believe that, you're wrong. That's a consequence of a top-secret U.S. initiative called the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP). Shortly after the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. Treasury Department issued a secret administrative subpoena to the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial...
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FBI Delays Result in Extended Wait Times for Economic Citizenship
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
One of the requirements to obtain economic citizenship in the Commonwealth of Dominica is to prove you don't have a criminal record. For U.S. applicants, you obtain a copy of your FBI criminal record. You have local police take your fingerprints, and then submit them to the FBI. Hopefully, you'll receive a "certificate of no record" back from the FBI. Until a few months ago, it took the FBI only two or three weeks to process these applications. But it's now taking 8-10 weeks, sometimes...
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Supremes to Rule in Electronic Privacy Case
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?Sexting'?sending sexually explicit text messages'is an increasingly popular pastime. And it's one with increasing legal fallout. Tiger Woods allegedly ?sexted' women in several different countries. His messages will no doubt be a prominent part of any divorce proceeding that his wife, Elin Nordegren, eventually initiates. Several teenagers in the USA face child pornography charges related to sexting. That's because possession of sexually explicit photographs of a person under 18 years old is...
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Civil Forfeiture: A New Tool to Balance State and Local Budgets
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While the talking heads on television declare the recession over, in the meantime, state and local governments face record deficits. Here in Arizona, our state budget deficit represents more than 50% of anticipated 2010 revenues. And while Arizona faces perhaps the largest per-capita budget shortfall in the United States, many other states have a similar funding crisis. Unfortunately, there are very few politically expedient ways to stem the flow of red ink. Raising taxes is not only...
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How Thieves Can Use Your GPS'and Cell Phone'to Rob You Blind
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Modern electronic technologies such as GPS and cell phones are wonderfully convenient. But they're also irresistible targets for thieves. GPS devices are now the number one item being stolen from motor vehicles. You might think that thieves might simply fence your GPS at a local pawnbroker. That's often the case, but a more sophisticated thief will do much more than that. Consider what happened in one recent case. A couple went to a football game to cheer on their favorite team. While they...
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TSA: Worst than Useless
From Mark Nestmann, 2 year ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
We all have stories about the Transportation Security Authority. My "favorite" was the time I waited behind a woman in a wheelchair to pass through the metal detector on the way to board a flight in Miami. The woman was at least 80 years old and quite frail. Nonetheless, the security screener confiscated her hairpin. After all, the woman, while unable to walk unassisted, might have used it as a weapon. Airport security in the USA is a joke, and a bad one at that. It's easy to create a...
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