A gubernatorial recall effort is being sought by The People of the State of California to oust Gavin Newsom from office. Among the chief complaints are his seemingly arbitrary and ... moreA gubernatorial recall effort is being sought by The People of the State of California to oust Gavin Newsom from office. Among the chief complaints are his seemingly arbitrary and allegedly illegal deep-reaching orders for the shutdown of thousands of businesses that have no culpability in spreading the Corona Virus. The snowball effect of the shutdowns is that hundreds of thousands of workers being forced to stay home, small businesses taking the brunt of the damage, and the economy tanking. Some anti-Newsom groups cite his hidden agenda to create a government-dependent welfare status among a large swath of the state‘s population in keeping with a further plan towards more socialistic existence. For many of the people who are now being forced to accept them or starve, unemployment benefits in no way meet nor expand beyond normal salaries.
Meanwhile, California‘s Employment Development Department (EDD) is responsible for the administration and issuance of unemployment checks statewide, but ... less
More than twenty years ago, a couple approached us with an offer for us to get in on the ground floor of an investment company that practically promised financial ind... more
More than twenty years ago, a couple approached us with an offer for us to get in on the ground floor of an investment company that practically promised financial independence within five to ten years if truly dedicated (translated to “dump all your money with us, we’ll do the rest) to the prospectus. This couple was already planning to leave their jobs, invest their savings in this thing and become full-time evangelists for the company. It seemed like a Ponzi scheme to us, so we declined. A few years later, the company was featured on a news program as part of a nationwide scandal that had wiped out the savings of hundreds of people. The owners (not the couple who had known us) had skipped the country and Interpol warrants were out for their arrests. We certainly dodged that bullet!
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