Barry Minkow busts another fraudster
Posted by Tracy Coenen on December 28, 2009 · 1 Comment
As if uncovering more than $1.8 billion in frauds hasn’t been enough, Barry Minkow (famous for his ZZZZ Best Carpet Cleaning fraud for which he did 8 years in prison) has just busted another fraudster who was running a Ponzi scheme.
Dow Jones Newswire reports:
Financial motive for arson?
Posted by Tracy Coenen on December 27, 2009 · 1 Comment
One type of case I really enjoy working is suspected arson. On either a personal or business level, an insurance company may be looking for a motive when arson is supsected. A difficult financial situation is one obvious motive for arson.
Today’s article about a fire at the house of a women accused of defrauding Wisconsin’s [...]
Why does the U.S. Postal Service exist?
Posted by Tracy Coenen on December 19, 2009 · 36 Comments
Back in the day, a government-run delivery service was a good idea. It put some quality controls in place and made the service more reliable. People could actually count on their letters getting to their final destination.
But in this day and age, the U.S. Postal Service is no longer needed, and I suggest that we [...]
Year-end tax planning
Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The end of the year is fast approaching, and its’ a good time to remind everyone of a few basic things they ought to do before December 31. I appeared last year on CNBC’s On the Money to talk about my five best tips for taxpayers.
Trouble keeping the books at TheStreet.com?
Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It’s interesting to note that TheStreet.com (NASDAQ:TSCM) is apparently having trouble keeping its books, especially since Jim Cramer is one who loves to rant about companies with shoddy bookkeeping. It’s troubling, of course, because Cramer suggests that you should sell the stocks of companies that don’t keep up with their regulatory filings, and TheStreet.com is [...]
More lies about “job creation” with stimulus money
Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment
I wrote last week about my opinion of the fraud that is our federal government’s stimulus programs. Our government has a vested interest in making us think these programs are successful. How else can an agenda of “wealth redistribution” and socialism be promoted? They must have “success” on their side to justify continuing on this [...]
Our government defrauds us: Cash For Clunkers
Posted by Tracy Coenen on November 1, 2009 · 1 Comment
People who support our government engaging in “stimulus” activities are fools. While it sounds good to “stimulate” the economy and there are supposedly jobs created and saved with stimulus dollars, the truth is that these government programs are at best very wasteful, and at the worst downright fraudulent.
Look at the stimulus numbers in general. In [...]
Milwaukee County: We’re broke, but let’s spend more!
Posted by Tracy Coenen on October 25, 2009 · 3 Comments
For years, Milwaukee County has been a bloated government entity. Spending has been out of control as the politicians continued to expand what the government controlled, and they didn’t seem to care since it was “only” taxpayer money.
When Scott Walker became the County Executive, he made a promise to not add more to the taxpayer [...]
Government stealing more money from citizens (digital download sales tax)
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 30, 2009 · 3 Comments
I am at a point where I feel that our government is stealing from the citizens. Taxes are out of control. Once upon a time, there were no taxes in the United States. Then little by little, the government started enacting tax laws. At first the taxes were just meant to pay for services that [...]
Oh the cruel, cruel internets!
Posted by Tracy Coenen on September 21, 2009 · 4 Comments
The world of mommy blogging is all aflutter. Bloggers have been criticized and those responsible for dishing out the criticism must be shamed or sued or both!!!
For those of you who aren’t hip to what mommy blogging is… it’s blogging done by moms. Lots of them are just using blogging as a creative outlet or [...]
