Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau,
Austria, a small town across the Inn River from Germany.
Soon after Hitler's birth, his father, Alois Hitler, moved
the family to Linz, Austria. Hitler attended school in Linz
and at first was a good student, but in high school he was
a very poor student. Hitler's academic abilities angered
his father because his father hoped that Hitler would study
to become a government worker as he had been. Hitler,
however, wanted to become an artist. In 1907, Hitler went
to Vienna Austria in an attempt to fulfill his dream of
becoming an artist. This attempt ended when he failed the
entrance exam to the Academy of Fine Arts.

When Hitler's mother died in 1907, he decided to remain in
Vienna. He took the entrance exam a year later and failed
again. He did not have steady work in Vienna, but, instead,
took a variety of odd jobs. He lived in cheap rooming
houses or slept on park benches and he often had to get
meals from charity kitchens. During his time in Vienna
Hitler learned to hate non-Germans. Hitler was a
German-speaking Austrian and considered himself German. He
ridiculed the Austrian government for recognizing eight
languages as official and believed that no government could
last if it treated ethnic groups equally. In 1913, Hitler
went to Munich, Germany and when the First World War began
in 1914, he volunteered for service in the German army.
Hitler was given the job of despatch-runner. It was a
dangerous job as it involved carrying messages from
regimental headquarters to the front-line. Hitler won five
medals including the prestigious Iron Cross during the
First World War but only rose to the rank of corporal. When
the First World War ended Hitler was in a hospital
recovering from temporary blindness caused by a poison gas
attack. Hitler went into a state of deep depression when he
heard of the German surrender.

The Versailles Treaty that ended the war stripped Germany
of much of its territory, forced the country to disarm, and
ordered Germany to pay huge reparations. The country was
bankrupt and millions of people were unemployed. In 1919,
Hitler joined the German Workers Party. In 1920 the party
was renamed the National Socialist German Workers Party
(the Nazis) and published its first programme which became
known as the "25 Points". In the programme the Nazis called
for all Germans to unite into one nation, a strong central
government and the cancellation of the Versailles Treaty.
In 1921 Hitler became leader of the Nazi party and built up
membership quickly, mostly because of his oratory skills
and powerful speeches. Hitler organized an army for the
Nazi party called the Storm Troopers ("Brown Shirts") who
were called upon to fight groups seeking to disrupt the
Nazi rallies.

On November 9, 1923, Hitler led more than 2,000 Storm
Troopers on a march to seize the Bavarian government - the
Munich Putsch. The putsch failed and Hitler was arrested
and sentenced to prison for five years for treason. While
in prison, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle). In this
book he stated his beliefs and plans for Germany's future.
Hitler only served nine months in prison and when he was
released, he began to rebuild the party again. He realized
that to gain power he needed to use legal means rather than
violence. He also set up a private elite bodyguard known
as the "Schutzstaffel" (SS). By 1929, the Nazis were only a
minor political party. The Wall Street Crash in 1929 and
subsequent depression gave Hitler and the Nazis their
chance to achieve power. Hitler protested that the Jews and
Communists were the cause of Germany's problems. He
promised to rid Germany of Jews and Communists and to
reunite the German speaking part of Europe.

In July 1932, the Nazis received about 40% of the vote and
became the strongest party in Germany. On January 30 1933,
President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Hitler Chancellor
of Germany. Once in this position, Hitler moved quickly
toward attaining a dictatorship. When von Hindenburg died
in 1934, Hitler already had control of Germany and he gave
himself the title "Fuhrer" (leader). Under Hitler's
government, called the Third Reich, there was no place for
freedom. The government controlled every part of one's
life. Hitler used extensive propaganda to brainwash the
nation into believing his theory about creating the perfect
Aryan race. Therefore, it was Hitler's plan to rid the
nation and eventually the world of Jews, Gypsies, Negroes,
handicapped, and mentally ill persons. This plan was called
the "Final Solution." The Second World War began in 1939
when Hitler invaded Poland to begin his unification of all
German-speaking peoples. By this time extermination camps
were being established throughout Germany, Poland, and
Russia.

Many people tried to assassinate Hitler. The most dramatic
of these attempts was the July Plot. On July 20, 1944,
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, who was attending one of
Hitler's military conferences, placed a bomb in a briefcase
under the table. When the bomb exploded it killed four
people and seriously injured ten others, but Hitler only
suffered minor cuts and burns.

In January 1945, the Soviet troops entered Nazi Germany.
It was suggested that Hitler should try to escape. Hitler
rejected the idea as he feared the possibility of being
captured. He had heard stories of how the Soviet troops
planned to parade him through the streets of Germany in a
cage. To prevent this humiliation Hitler decided to commit
suicide. Two days before his death Hitler married Eva
Braun. Braun agreed to commit suicide with him. On April
30 1945 the Soviet troops were only 300 yards away from
Hitler's underground bunker. Defeat was inevitable. Hitler
made a will leaving all his property to the Nazi Party.
After saying their farewells Hitler and Eva Braun went into
a private room and took cyanide tablets. Hitler also shot
himself in the head. His body was then cremated and his
ashes were hidden in the Chancellery grounds. Seven days
later, Germany surrendered.

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Many people think that Universal Health Care is the answer
to our problems. People have looked at universal health
care plans in Canada, Britain and other countries and wish
that we had their universal health care. Not so fast. It
isn't very pretty up close. Countries with universal
health coverage are economically worse off than the U.S.
Also, A hard lesson about socialized medicine

Let's look at what is wrong with the current solution.

* Pre-existing conditions can make health insurance
unavailable or unaffordable.
* Forty-Five million people are not covered by a plan.
(That number is not true, but we will use it for now.)
* People with health issues must pay more to get coverage.
*Preventive medicine is not practiced like it should be.
*Duplicated, inaccurate medical records are inefficiently
handled because they are not electronic. Too many
mistakes, excessive tests, and misdiagnosis are being made
as a result of poor quality data.
* People view health care as a health coverage plan instead
of a catastrophic insurance plan
* Third-party pay system. When you go to the hospital for
an operation, you don't check the bill you receive when you
check out. Why? You don't care. It's not your money. An
insurance company, a third-party, has paid the bill for you.

If I were the person in charge, here's what I would suggest:

If you opt-in to an insurance plan within a prescribed
period of time, then pre-existing conditions would not be
considered. For example, when you turn twenty-one, you need
to purchase your own health plan. We would use attained
age to determine the premium quote. There is no question
that older people use more health services than younger,
healthier people.)
* We can argue about how many people are uninsured, but
whatever that number is, everyone has to have coverage. A
friend's blog shows that the real number is closer to
11,260,150 only 3.75% of the population of the US, not the
near 16% according to the political left.
* All children up to the age of twenty-one would be covered
by plan that would cost about $20 per month per child.
(Illegal aliens would be required to purchase their own
insurance coverage at the same rates as citizens of the
US.)
* H S A (health savings account type plans, also called
high deductible health plans,) would be the only type of
plans available. Catastrophic plans should address
preventive medicine. The free annual physical examination
would be provided. This extent and depth of the physical
exam would be determined by the doctor. I would suggest
that the HSA type plans have a deductible in the range of
$3,000 for an individual and $6,000 for a family.
Certainly, these can be different numbers, but they need to
be high deductibles. After the deductible is met, the
insurance company would cover 100% of the costs. All
covered expenses go toward meeting the deductible —
including medications.
* If you compare what people want in their health plans to
what they get with their auto insurance, you will see the
difference. Your auto insurance doesn't have, oil changes,
tire changes, car washes and other related items. Auto
insurance simply helps you pay for a catastrophic event - a
car wreck. Health plans should be catastrophic in nature,
but after the deductible is met, then the company would pay
100%.
* All people, whether they are dealing with health issues
or not, will pay the same premium.
* All medical records would be required to be electronic.
There would be a medical database that all doctors and
hospitals would be able to access that contains your health
conditions, health history, medications taken and other
related medical data.
* Get rid of third-party payer system.

What will happen if the government plan is adopted?

"The new government health plan that many politicians
support would compete with private plans. The government
would set benefits, premiums, commissions and payment rates.

The Lewin Group estimates more than 118 million people
would shift to the government plan almost overnight,
resulting in more than 2 out of every 3 Americans in a
government plan. The reason for this dramatic shift is that
the government would continue to use Medicare payment
rates, so premiums would likely be 30 percent less
expensive than current plans.

With more Americans under a government plan, health care
system costs would shift from the government program to
private plans. As a result, private premiums would
skyrocket, making private health insurance unaffordable for
most. Clearly the more affordable government plan could
have devastating effects on private individual and group
insurance plans." Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South
Carolina.

If you wonder if this will happen to the United States,
just consider how well the government runs the USPS. The
United States Postal Service is not even close to being as
efficient as FedEx, UPS or any of the private firms. They
are continually raising the cost of sending letters and
packages around the world.

Another government mistake: Medicare is said to be
insolvent. Study Claims Medicare Debt Will Rise $32.4
Trillion

Social Security is in a crisis.

If you further wonder what is likely to happen if we choose
universal health care, simply look at what is happening in
Canada and Britain

We all have a critical stake in health care reform, and it
is important that our voice is heard.

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Are you unhappy with your health care plan? Do you think
that universal health care is the answer? Don't jump too
quickly into what has not been very successful in other
countries. Consider the solutions put forth here. Also,
you can purchase a high deductible health plan for about
50% less. http://richdayhealthplans.com/blog/?p=75

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Many people view April 15th as the end of tax season and
enjoy the idea that they don't have to deal with their
taxes for another year. I look at April 15th a little
differently. I see April 15th as the time to start
planning your taxes for the next year (and the next year
and the next year).

The best potential to create massive tax savings comes from
planning your taxes not only throughout the year, but years
in advance.

This doesn't mean you have to treat your tax planning like
a part-time job (although I've seen tax savings that yield
more than a part-time job!). It simply means take a few
hours now to create a tax strategy that is specific to you,
then integrate your strategy into your daily routine and
take a few hours a month to keep it on track.

I think most people dread tax planning because it's
something they have found to be boring and confusing (and
sometimes painful) in the past. Traditional tax planning
can be all of this!

This is why I've made it my mission to make taxes more
understandable. I've just recently taken the hundreds of
strategies I use with clients and broken them down into 5
secrets that cover the scope of how to create massive tax
savings.

5 Secrets to Massive Tax Savings

Secret #1 Rules the IRS Won't Tell You

Secret #2 Creating Permanent Tax Savings

Secret #3 Forming Your Personal Tax Strategy

Secret #4 Tax Saving Entity Structures

Secret #5 Reducing Your IRS Audit Risk

I'm so excited to share this information!

I'm going to share more about each of these secrets over
the next few weeks, but before getting into those details,
this week I want to share the common theme behind each of
the secrets.

Behind Every Secret is... Knowledge! Now, I'm not
referring to the type of knowledge that will have you
quoting Internal Revenue Code sections - that falls into
the category of boring and confusing. The knowledge I'm
referring to is the type of knowledge that makes you aware
of what creates massive tax savings so you begin to see
your daily routine a little differently.

Here is an example most people can relate to:

Have you ever noticed that right after you buy a new car,
you see that same car everywhere and you don't remember
ever seeing that many before? The reality is the cars have
always been there, it just takes awareness to see them.
Once you become aware of the car, you see it everywhere.

The same is true for tax savings! The opportunities are
there, it's just a matter of being aware of them.

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Many people view April 15th as the end of tax season and
enjoy the idea that they don't have to deal with their
taxes for another year. I look at April 15th a little
differently. I see April 15th as the time to start
planning your taxes for the next year (and the next year
and the next year).
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