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There are dozens of contexts in which life insurance gets used, but 95% of the time, and from a Power of Zero planning standpoint, it gets used in two different ways. David explains how having a certain amount in your taxable bucket may sound great…

David discusses how Mitt Romney is at the forefront of trying to save Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, solve the national debt problem, all while simultaneously trying to save the country. In a recent interview with former Power of Zero Show guest…

Mark Byelich doesn’t know when taxes are ever going to be lower than they are right now. David sees Medicare, not Social Security, as the main issue because Medicare is five times more expensive and it’s what’s really going to be driving debt…

Normally, it takes a year to add $1 trillion to the national debt. With Covid-19, we have added $6 trillion to the debt. Something that usually happens in 6 years took place in 3 months. David believes that instead of cutting the various programs, the…

In a previous episode of the Power of Zero Show, David discussed the importance of having a guaranteed 0% loan provision in your LIRP. Beware: even if an insurance company has a guaranteed 0% loan provision, there’s still another way that they can get…

Today’s episode focuses on outlining the basic differences between long-term capital gains and ordinary income taxes, and showing how they interact with each other from a taxation perspective. The idea for the topic actually came from a question one…

David’s upcoming book, The Infinity Code, is a novel that talks about important financial concepts and themes, and that will keep you on the edge of your seat through the entirety of the read. The book will be available on Amazon and other stores…

Episode 165 of the Power of Zero show covered how Joe Manchin gave a firm ‘No’ to Joe Biden’s signature legislation, the Build Back Better plan, in its current form. This topic is of crucial interest in regards to Power of Zero planning, because…

As David explains, there are two ways of controlling our budget: raising revenue or reducing spending (or some combination of the two), just like an American household. Rebecca Walser thinks that Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) could be decimated by…

Rebecca Walser thinks that the 401(k) is a failed experiment. In her opinion, the Revenue Act of 1978 was nothing more than a corporate tax dodge for highly compensated executives, and not a state retirement vehicle. While working as a benefits…