Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

Engineer. Aviator. Educator. Scientist.

Anymore, We Don’t Value Our Citizens First

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Brian

Anymore, it seems public figures and politicians are tripping over each other to highlight the need to care for illegal immigrants, or refugees of foreign wars, displaced individuals around the globe, or nearly anybody except “Joe Plumber,” citizen of the … Continue reading →

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Surveillance Keeps Power in Power

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Brian

You are monitored everywhere – license plates on passing cars, cameras on roads, shopping malls, gas stations, airports. It has begun to bother me, yet my friends advise “If you’re not doing anything wrong, why do you care if you … Continue reading →

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Guaranteed Returns: Loans and Zero Coupon Bonds

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Brian

There are at least two ways to guarantee investment returns.

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Trouble Today or Tomorrow

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Brian

Thomas Paine wrote on December 23, 1776 in his first edition of “The Crisis”:

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Pay back (Repay) salary to DFAS and you lose tax money

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Brian

As a government civilian employee, if DFAS pays you too much in any given year and then later collects the amount back from you, there can be no way to recover up to $960 income tax you already paid on … Continue reading →

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