What Good are Politicians Anyway?

Here in the UK the latest political debate is front page news. It’s nothing to do with any economy. There’s no mention of ISIS, immigration, Greece, the EU, employment or elections.

No, the front page news here in the UK is all about disgraced Lord Steve Buttifant Sewell.

Lord Sewell sits in the House of Lords. If you do not know what the House of Lords does, here is a crash course.

The House of Lords may be the second chamber of United kingdom Parliament. It helps to make and shape legislation (laws) here in the UK. They keep the government under control by scrutinising bills that have undergone the House of Commons.

To become a Lord you’re appointed. You don’t go through the public vote like for the House of Commons. That means any schoolboy mate, person of prosperity or chum can get the gig. Sounds dodgy in the get go really…

Anyway, good old The almighty Sewell is one of those appointed Lords that has an influence on the laws and regulations of the UK. A powerful placement. But he just got the actual sack. Why?

Well there’s nothing like a good alleged night in a taxpayer subsidised apartment with two hookers along with a heap of cocaine to get one in trouble. Oh and also the fact there are photos and videos to supplement the tabloid story probably helps the ‘disgraced’ component.

Of course the UK isn’t isolated when it comes to political scandal. Back in Australia, Bronwyn Bishop, the speaker of the House associated with Representatives, is in her own small pot of boiling drinking water.

Dodgy politicians is a global epidemic

Getting through Melbourne to Geelong can be a horrendous journey. So rather than take the route most normal people do, via car, Bishop went in style. Chartering a $5,227 helicopter, Bishop just sailed over the plebs listed below.

The thing is, the trip was to a party fundraiser event. Not any kind of official responsibility. Then she claimed the flight as an expense. Which means the taxpayer, you and me, footie the bill.

Ah the life of a politician hey? Helicopter flights, cocaine and hookers.

But there’s plenty worse available, believe it or not.

What about over in Malaysia at the moment. The Malaysian Premier, Najib Razak, is currently coping with allegations that around US$700 zillion from a state investment account ended up in his personal company accounts.

And then there’s the US. Oh, the united states…Donald Trump is running to guide the Republican Party in the US. Which means, one day he could become leader.

Seriously.

This is a guy who just a couple weeks ago in a speech said,

‘[Mexico] are sending somebody that has lots of problems, and they are getting those problems to us. They are bringing drugs, and getting crime, and their rapists.’

It’s almost silly that these people have such significant influence on the world.

I mean really, what good are these folks? They sit in positions of power with uncounted influence over how countries operate. They have power to influence legislation, which is supposed to help guide all of us, the average citizen, on how to reside.

With people like these in charge, it’s no wonder the world is in such a messed up situation.

But what can you do about this? Can you stop high level political figures from manipulating the system? Are you able to stop them from rorting taxpayer money? Can you stop all of them from being complete idiots?

No, you can’t.

And that’s the most important point to all these scandals you read about every day. When you see Bronwyn Bishop hovering within the city in a chopper don’t get mad. Understand there’s nothing you can do.

So shut it out. Don’t get mad, get even.

Create your own energy, create your own wealth

The best way you are able to feel better about Bronwyn Bishop’s helicopter fetish is to observe her down at the nearby Helipad. I reckon half the main reason people are annoyed at this is they don’t fly by chopper themselves.

I reckon if you travelled to work or to your holiday house in a chopper you wouldn’t give two hoots.

If you heard about the Malaysian Premier looting $700 million from a debt-laden fund while looking at the millions with no debt in your own portfolio, you’d say, ‘Good luck for you Mr. Razak. You’ll need it. I do not.’

Here’s the thing. You aren’t going to travel by chopper working ‘for the man’ your whole life. Maybe you could easily get there after oh, I don’t know, state 1,000 years.

The easiest way you can end up travelling by chopper is through investing. The great thing is the opportunities to invest in firms that could return triple determine gains are all over the location. You’ve just got to know where to look…or who to listen to.

Take for example my colleague Jason McIntosh, who runs the most amazing trading service I’ve come across, Quant Trader. Jason has an very left-field way of zeroing in upon future stock superstars at that golden time when virtually no one knows about them.

He calls these stocks ‘The Outsiders’. When you hold the secret of what Jason calls ‘outsider trading’ and how simple it is if you have a calibrated computer algorithm crunching the data and performing the scouting for you, you’ll never look at trading in the same way again.

But trading might not be your thing. And that is fine it’s not for everyone. That doesn’t mean the opportunities stop there.

Another one of my colleagues, Ken Wandong, head up New Frontier Investor. Ken is from China. He knows the actual lay of the land, they know the people, and he knows the markets. You might have never invested in that region before. And today you’re quite likely petrified of it. That is, if you listen to the news you hear on the mainstream news stations.

But Ken is far savvier than the typical noise you get within the mainstream. As I said, he’s on the floor. And he believes the international map of corporate power is being rewritten.

In 20 years’ time it will look almost unrecognisable. And it could provide similar investments returns within the next 10-25 years, to those that were made from the rise of America within the 20th century. Gains like 11,095%, 20,621% and 50,760%. These were made from the last megatrend. Ken’s New Frontier Investor is focussed on the next megatrend.

And with the uncertainty in China, now might actually be one of the best times to look at investing in this market.

My point is you may never have an influence in the hallowed halls of Canberra, Washington or Westminster. You’ve got to look out for yourself. You can just properly set yourself up by trading. It’s that simple.

So you can do nothing about it, or you can take your personal action and get even, as well as hopefully rich.

Regards,

Sam