Beyond the Powers: Finally, A “Bogle Rule” for Financial Advisors

For viewers of the timely PBS FRONTLINE program called “The Retirement Gamble,” the U.S Department of Labor’s recently passed fiduciary standard rule for retirement savings advisors may be the closest rule passed to date to that which has been prescribed for decades now by well-respected Vanguard founder John Bogle. If you have ever been sold a “lemon” automobile, a “liar’s loan,” or “some lovely property in Florida” that turned out to be swampland, then you might now finally rest assured, knowing that this final rule will at least serve as an after-the-fact preventive safeguard for future generations of potentially looted investing individuals. As the proponent of “a Bogle rule for financial advisors” has pointed out, high-fees applied to Americans hard-earned savings are simply unnecessary.

Letter Regarding Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Elbridge Gerry and Gerrymandering in Georgia

Included below is a February 16, 2016 letter sent earlier today to Georgia’s General Assembly regarding former U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Elbridge Gerry and Gerrymandering in Georgia. An inaugural 2016 Georgia Poll on Gerrymandering is included as part of the letter (inspired by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and League of Women Voters’ perennial “Georgia Voter Guide”), which asks if the members agree with the idea of creating an independent redistricting commission, which, according to political-scientists like Charles Bullock of the University of Georgia, is an easy and common prescription for putting an end to problematic “partisan gerrymandering” in a state.

Row

“A rising tide lifts all boats!”
“Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.”

“Everybody knows that the boat is leaking.”
“Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.”

“Like the stillness in the wind before the hurricane begins, the hour that the ship comes in.”
“Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream.”