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Many public or government pensions—including some of the largest—are not audited annually by independent certified public accountants. In fact, about 60 percent of all corporate pensions in the United States are not audited. Let’s call it another example of the “gross malpractice generally practiced” that pervades pension management. Pensions don’t just implode overnight. There are always warning signs or “red flags” that have been disregarded for decades. "Who Stole My Pension" co-author Ted Siedle, says, “Pension deaths are almost always foreseeable. Likewise, pension deaths are almost always preventable. If not foreseen and prevented, someone was not doing his or her job. However, autopsies almost never follow pension deaths. Indeed, the possibility of a forensic investigation into the causes of a pension death is rarely even discussed. The scope of such an investigation, as well as probable minimal cost, is rarely researched. Listen to hosts Robert and Kim Kiyosaki and guests Ted Siedle and U.S. Congressman Jack Bergman explain how there is no reason you should accept anything less than a true and complete audit of your pension to safeguard your retirement savings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throughout history, “money” has been many different things. Money has taken the form of seashells, colored beads, feathers, live animals, and large stones. Today, there are three types of modern money. Robert Kiyosaki says they are: 1. God’s money: Gold and silver 2. Government’s money: Dollars, Euros, pesos, etc. 3. People’s money: Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc. Most are taught that saving money is smart but the truth is the dollar is worthless because the Fed is has been printing trillions of dollars ultimately make savers the biggest loser of all. So if saving money isn’t smart, what is? Get on your own gold standard, outside of the banks. Always remember gold and silver were here when the Earth was formed, and it will be here when we are all gone.  In this episode, host Robert Kiyosaki and guests Anthony Pompliano and Brien Lundin give listeners an in-depth look into how assets like gold, silver, and cryptocurrency are insurance against a dying dollar. —————————————————————————————————— FOR RICHDAD.COM Brien Lundin: www.goldnewsletter.com/richdad  Anthony Pompliano: www.anthonypompliano.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

States with the worst pension fund shortfalls include Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, and New Jersey which have less than half of the assets needed to pay promised benefits and another 17 states have less than two-thirds. The extent to which public pensions are underfunded has been obscured by governmental accounting rules, which allow pensions to eliminate their underfunding, no matter how large, simply by investing in risky assets. In fact, investing in riskier assets may allow a pension to raise investment assumptions, but it also increases the probability that existing underfunding will increase.   It’s anyone’s guess what will happen if and when a state pension in the United States runs out of money, but it’s indisputable that the amount of money that will be needed to bail out a single failed U.S. state pension will be in the tens of billions. All public pension stakeholders—American taxpayers and pensioners—need to get educated fast as to the causes of coming pension collapses and learn what they can do about it now.  Listen as hosts Robert and Kim Kiyosaki and their guests Ted Siedle and Chris Tobe discuss how what’s happening in Kentucky can happen anywhere in the United States.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Everyone is worried about getting sick, but what about focusing on staying healthy? It seems that during times of panic and quarantine people forget to take care of themselves as they would do when life was "normal". Maintaining a healthy and balanced lifestyle will give anyone an advantage during a pandemic.  Hosts Robert and Kim Kiyosaki are joined by two of their own doctors, Dr. Nicole Srednicki and Dr. Josh Haggard to discuss the five things you can do to stay healthy every day—even while you are homebound—to avoid getting sick.  Listen for an in-depth discussion on: 1. Getting enough sunlight 2. Eating adequate servings of fruits and vegetables 3. Impacts of daily exercise 4. How many hours of sleep you should be getting 5. Staying hydrated Stay for the second half and listen to learn what the doctors say may have contributed to the spread of the coronavirus.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As if the coronavirus hasn't caused enough damage, it also has investors feeling like they've been punched in the gut financially. Falling stock prices and interest rates have created a problem for both DB and DC pensions plans. The unfortunate thing about the coronavirus hitting at a time when most pensions are already underfunded, it almost certainly, will likely lead to more pension cuts as trouble grows in the economy.  So the question that Robert Kiyosaki and his guests will be answering is, "What can I do?" In today's episode of the "5 Pension Time Bombs" series, Rich Dad Advisor Ken McElroy, explains how investing in a cash-flowing asset, like real estate, can provide not only tax-free wealth but also a real nest-egg for retirement no matter which way the stock market goes—up, down, or sideways.  Listen as host Robert Kiyosaki and guests Ken McElroy and Ted Siedle discuss how financial education can lead to financial freedom even during uncertain times.  For richdad.com Ken McElroy Instagram: @kenmcelroyofficial Ken McElroy Website: www.kenmcelroy.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you wondered why your property taxes are at record highs, water and sewage charges continue to grow, and local governments never seem to run out of ways to nickel and dime their constituents with fee after fee? Yet, the quality of services we depend on continue to decline. You might not think this pension crisis affects you, but as a taxpayer, you'll be shocked to find out exactly where your tax dollars are going. Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio, has been the taxpayer's champion, pushing for pension reform, exposing waste and public unions finagling huge pay increases. This week he contributes to the "5 Pension Time Bombs" series with his perspective on the pension problem from within one of the largest cities in the United States. Listen as hosts Robert and Kim welcome guests Ted Siedle and Sal DiCiccio who give warnings to those whose tax dollars are funding failing pensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rules are changing quickly for entrepreneurs since confirmed coronavirus cases continue to exponentially grow around the world. As a result, the U.S. Federal Government sprung into action to try to alleviate further damage and destruction to the economy.  Last week, President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act into law, which initiated a $2 trillion stimulus package, the largest emergency relief bill in American history. Our guest today, Tom Wheelwright who is the Rich Dad Advisor on Taxes, and author of “Tax-Free Wealth: How to Build Massive Wealth by Permanently Lowering Your Taxes,” joins The Rich Dad Radio Show to discuss how this stimulus package will affect entrepreneurs.  For employees facing unemployment, layoffs, and furloughs, Robert and Kim suggest now might bet the best time to change your mindset about how you earn your money and learn to see opportunity rather than despair. Listen as Robert, Kim, and Tom discuss how financial education, not money, is the key to financial transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people say these most recent global events are part of a grand conspiracy, and that might well be. Some people say the events represent the struggle between capitalists, communists, and socialists, and that might be, too. But the only way out of this financial storm is to be prepared with financial education.   There were so many signals pointing to a market crash, and guest Bert Dohmen, the author of the Wellington Letter, looks behind the scenes of the global investment markets, analyzes cross-market relationships, global correlations, and especially credit market data which gives him superb clues as to what is likely to happen in various markets that are ignored by other analysts. Listen as Robert, Kim, and Bert discuss why the crash is coming, what to expect, and how to prepare yourself and protect your assets so you can stay on top, even when the economy is on the decline! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’ve been following your financial advisor’s advice of “invest for the long term” for the last several years you’ve been living fat, dumb and happy...until now. The sudden plunge in the stock market and the global spread of the coronavirus is making citizens across the globe more and more anxious as the days go by despite efforts by the Fed to pump in more money. The truth is the Feds can’t print their way out of this one.  Harry Dent, author of Zero Hour: Turn the Greatest Political and Financial Upheaval in Modern History to Your Advantage, warns, “Markets will be brought down to reality and may not recover for 25-30 years—if ever.”  In this episode of The Rich Dad Radio Show, Robert Kiyosaki and Harry Dent discuss exactly what is happening in the stock market, the bond market, and the real estate market. You’ll find out what Harry says he’ll be doing and what you can do to survive these turbulent times.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Greene, a 30-year veteran UPS driver from Upstate NY, found out that the pension he and his organization’s members were counting on for their retirement security was in financial crisis. As president of the Teamsters Alliance for Pension Protection (aka TAPP), a grassroots pension watchdog organization, he led efforts to raise funds to perform the first-ever forensic investigation of The New York State Teamsters Conference Pension & Retirement Fund.  The people running the pension had spent millions (money paid by workers’ retirement savings) for bad advice from so-called experts who ultimately ran the pension into the ground. Ted Siedle says “The New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund did not have to collapse—gross mismanagement caused this crisis.”  Listen as Robert, Ted Siedle and Mark Greene give warning to those whose pensions are ill, dying, or dead.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices