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Thailand – Tax the Tourist

Government just never learns  What happened to NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION? Thailand already taxes.tourists who must pay an Exit Tax of 500Baht that is included in the Airline ticket. Obviously, the $500 Billion Tourists spend in Thailand seems to be just not enough. They intend in 2014 to now introduce more taxes on tourists. Even […]

France’s Tax Policy – If it Moves Tax It!

France is now proposing that all emails and data leaving the EU should be taxed. This is their response to the NSA. Meanwhile, Europe has backed off and allows Google and Facebook to share all info with the NSA refusing to protect European citizens at least until 2015.

Thank You Snowden

We have to admit that Edward Snowden has exposed the most insane conduct that any government can possibly do – spy on everyone everywhere. Obama and Feinstein have been forced to concede that the NSA will stop monitoring friendly leaders of countries. That does not mean they will not monitor everyone else or stop vacuuming […]

Italy – Continued Political Chaos

Italy has plunged into the political incapacity for over the weekend Silvio Berlusconi,split his own party. Thus, the government Enrico Letta is actually left completely incapacitated for he does not even know who the opposition is any more. Unemployment among the youth in Italy is 40%+. The EU Commission will not even allow any democratic process to […]

NSA has left the Reservation

Here we go with Feinstein wanting to imprison anyone who dares criticizes her NSA. Will this be used as justification to invade Europe now? It would be a major understatement to say that the NSA had a bad week and Feinstein stuck her insane rantings square in the middle of this insane nonsense. First came the […]

Ancient Coins As Investment

  A number of people have been inquiring about coins as an investment for parking money. Keep in mind that the best market for coins or stamps tend to be the country of origin. Thus, US coins will bring the highest prices in the USA just as German will bring the best price in Germany. […]

Lower the Liquidity = Greater the Volatility

The hike in VAT to 19% targeting collectors that will apply to silver coins is a bit convoluted yet, but so far it appears that buyer’s purchasing from German auctions and living in Germany will have to pay that tax. There is a lot of negotiating still going on at moment so we’ll see once […]

Earthquake Hits Japan & New Secrecy Acts

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the Northeast Coast of Japan creating a small tsunami that hit Japan’s eastern coast – where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located. The government insists there was no damage, According to reports, the tsunami reached waves of only 30cm (1ft) in the region. Nonetheless, Japanese Prime Minister’s government is planning […]

Eliminating Democracy – The Seed from Which Revolution Grows

Be it Europe or the USA, the drive to eliminate democracy is underway. Politicians are doing their best to prevent the voice of the people to have any impact. This is what sets the stage for revolution. It goes hand in hand for when government tries to simply dictate to the people, eventually the whole […]

EU Cutting off NSA from Financial Spying – The Real Game Changer

The NSA has had access to financial transactions in Europe and their abuse of power is being noticed everywhere. The EU has now voted to block the access of the NSA to financial records in Europe. Many people are now looking at Switzerland as a safe harbor not for money, but for data. They are […]