Don't be Trumped by The Don Put your money to work with 201 strategies Save $3,000 every year Accumulate $1,000,000 tax-FREE Unfortunately, the future of our economy is uncertain. The Don has made a lot of promises that the GOP Congress may not want to keep. The Don's lieutenants are billionaires who know how to make the financial industry work for their best interests not ours. Half of our "representatives" are millionaires and have never had to find a better-paying job, affordable health care or child day care. We taxpayers provide them with the best health care and child care. They don't need the ObamaCare premium tax credit to afford basic coverage. They have never had to fight their insurer to get a needed procedure. They spend over 50% of their time collecting money from the wealthy who pay for their expenses. They have never had to be protected from the fee-hungry financial services industry. We taxpayers provide them with the best low-fee ($0.29 per $1000) savings and investment plan in the world-the Thrift Savings Plan. Most have tax-advantaged accounts and overseas tax shelters. They don't need the Obama Fiduciary Rule to make sure the industry does not take up to 63% of their total potential retirement fund in fees. The Congress wants to cut our Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid assistance. There is no Constitutional mandate to cut benefits if the funds we paid in for 30 or 40 years are not enough to cover the increases in our cost of living. They pay cost overruns for all the other programs all the time. The Congress does not rely on these benefits themselves since we pay Congress even after they leave office. They have millions and still get a pension. The Congress may not provide funds to rebuild our bridges, roads and other infrastructures if they waste it on The Wall. The high-paying jobs that we want back may have been made obsolete by technology. It's up to us to prosper despite The Don's 'economy' for the rich.
About the Author: Law Steeple has been in financial services for over 20 years. He was a managing executive of the sales units of a number of bank securities firms. He is one of the insiders who contributed to the The Insiders Guides set of buyers' guides edited by Dan Keppel. The guides provide specific ways to save on all financial services. The Insiders' Guides to Buying Discount Financial Services: Buy Direct and Save $3,000 Every Year is available at Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com, Abebooks.com. Law lives in New Jersey and Florida.