My decision to reduce the amount of activity on The Fourth Estate coincides with my concurrent decisions to diversify my offline professional life. Since all the research I had done in the 2010s has been exhausted, I decided to use the Blog to address plans regarding its finances. I am of course referring to the “Schwurhand-Strategie,” a ploy on my part to generate income to afford the costs of maintaining the Blog without having to pay actual money for it.

The Schwurhand-Strategie has so far proven itself to be successful, but only up to a certain extent, and I do happen to know why. One of the underlying Stocks driving one of the ‘fingers’ in this plan, Coinbase (COIN), fell tremendously yesterday afternoon. After deciding to sell off all Shares of two Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) associated with COIN, I concluded that it would be much safer to sit out the drops while I rake in the Dividends and Kapital Appreciation. Although I got an overall Profit of $150 USD, I could have gotten away with twice as much if I had sold the Shares yesterday morning.

This brings me to why I chose to not walk away with $300 USD or, rather, why I could not afford to do so. Aside from diversifying the Portfolio, I have also had to diversify my Resume in order to find better employment elsewhere in the Federal Civil Service. Getting paid $1,000-$2,000 per week or $4,000-$8,000 per month can go a long way toward achieving my investment goals. The real challenge is trying to convince others as to why I should be hired instead of somebody else.

1. A Primary ETF that generates $30-$60 on a given week.
2. A Secondary ETF that also generates $15-$30 on that same week in order to offset any losses incurred on the Primary ETF.
3. One or two Support ETFs that generate $10-$20 each across all four weeks of a given month to offset Income Taxes incurred on the Primary and Secondary ETFs.

As it stands, the Dividends earned from these investments are all cash payments in US Dollars, applicable to Federal and State Income Taxes. The Federal Government ought to take in a larger portion of the Income Taxes because, as a Political Scientist by training, I know for a fact that some State Governments do rely on funding allocated from Congress at the Federal Government. It has been that way since the Nixon Presidency set the precedent for the latest conception of American Federalism.

The ideal Income Tax confirmation for me at this time is 12% Federal Income Tax, 5.75% State Income Tax for a combined total of 17.75% Income Tax. This means that 1 in 5 of all Dividends gained from the Schwurhand-Strategie will be subject to Income Taxation.

What happens if the Schwurhand-Strategie gets too successful? There are ways to offset a whole host of unpleasant surprises, from Medicare Taxes to Capital Gains Taxes. One of those is to allocate the surpluses to non-profit organizations that offer Tax Deductions, preferably those that resonate with Hamiltonianism at some level. So far, I found these “Revolutionary War Veterans Associations” to be the most ideal organizations to facilitate the donations for the Tax Deductions.

Regardless, the Schwurhand-Strategie as of late relies on the following composition. I am including the relevant designations in case someone reading this Blog wants to track the overall performance of the Schwurhand-Strategie:  

There are bunch of proposed investments to consider to refine and improve the Schwurhand-Strategie. I am also including those here in case anyone reading happens to be curious:

• AIPI
• BABO
• BITO
• FEPI
• NFLY
• PLTY
• QDTE
• TSMY
• TSLY

Various other ETFs have yet to be unveiled. I am aware that there have been plans afoot to introduce ones that track ADBE and BRK/B, Adobe and Berkshire Hathaway (Class B) respectively. The latter is just as good as BRK/A (Berkshire Hathaway, Class B) insofar as it, if passed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), would track Warren Buffett and his investment choices. The question for those ETFs is when the SEC approves them and when they will be put into circulation. I already have plans to acquire a Share or two of ADBE and BRK/B, just to track the performances of “ADBY” and “YBRK.”

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Tags: Economics, Finance, Hamiltonianism, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Socialist Finance, State Capitalism, Taxes, Third Place, United States, Work-Standard, Work-Standard Accounting Practices