Benjamin Franklin said it best.  “Death and Taxes.” The two things you can count on in life.  And I don’t know of anybody getting out of this world without confronting both of them. Still, it is fairly common for people to attempt to pay their life insurance premiums with dollars that they haven’t paid taxes …

Continue reading “Can You Avoid Taxes By Paying Life Insurance Premiums?”

The name is catchy.  And nobody willingly turns down safety.  But here’s what’s going on so you can decide.  After all, it is your money, your life and your life insurance. As far as I can tell this term originated with Brett Kitchen and Ethan Kap who have written 2 books: Safe Money Millionaire Wealth …

Continue reading “Wealth Beyond Wall Street (AKA Safe Money Millionaire)”

How do you like it when somebody says, “Don’t think of a pink elephant?” It might be funny the first time you hear it, but after that, well it becomes rather wearisome, especially if you’re kids think it’s the greatest joke ever. So let’s think of something else. Let’s think of a library because libraries …

Continue reading “You’ll Find It in the Library…”

“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” Everyone said it sounded like a splendid idea when this quote was read aloud in my high school political science class.  Many thought it was a quote by Jesus Christ himself.  Yet the same person who wrote that statement also penned these words,  …

Continue reading “Collectivism: How It Affects Your Ability To Create Wealth”

This question is becoming more and more prevalent today as people begin to realize that just owning or purchasing high cash value life insurance won’t make you any richer. And the answer is, it depends. Let’s take a closer look. Seems almost on a daily basis that someone calls to boast about how they paid …

Continue reading “Is “Becoming Your Own Banker” A Scam?”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve run out of gas more than once in my life.  Early on, when I was still in high school and drove a red Ford pickup that didn’t have a working gas gauge, I ran out of gas more than I care to admit.  But as I got older …

Continue reading “Running On Empty”