The Business Advisor

The Business Advisor

The Business Advisor is hosted by Michael Lodge, a nationally certified business mediator and advisor. He has been in private practice since 1984 and has been is various types of business entities throughout the United States and Asia. Mr. Lodge has owned and advised many forms of businesses clients that have included tax firms, healthcare and staffing, construction, real estate, sports and entertainment, and others. As a mediator he mediates business issues that include family small businesses, workplace conflict, real estate, estate and trust disputes, various business disputes between partners and owners of businesses. His experience counts in providing advice and mediation. If you have a business question, send it to: TheBusinessAdvisor@zmail.com Join his podcast today. Get bonus content on Patreon The best place to learn about business is by joining our daily business podast: https://plus.acast.com/s/the-business-advisor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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January 28, 2023 14 mins

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My utility bill jumped, it doubled. My friends out of California, using the same amount of energy, their utility bill jumped from $250 to $613. A lot has to do with the less amount of natural gas that was in production and could be used that dro...

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BROOKINGS REPORT ON DEBT CEILING: https://www.brookings.edu/2023/01/25/how-worried-should-we-be-if-the-debt-ceiling-isnt-lifted/


The debt limit caps the total amount of allowable outstanding U.S. federal debt. The U.S. hit that limit—$31.4 trillion—on January 19, 2023, but the Department of the Treasury has been undertaking a set of “extraordinary measures” so that the debt limit does not yet bind. The 

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PBS Sepcial on Joseph McCarthy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUyYzzv6VI


Youtube Video: https://youtu.be/wAXDHcVHkmo


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In April I am going to do a bucket list trip from South Carolina to Alaska. I am trying to decide if I should go by train to Seattle and catch the ferry, or drive across America to Seattle and put my vehicle on the Ferry to Alaska. I would like to do the latter. However, I am going to have to get a new vehicle to do t...

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Biden Dragged: https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-dragged-touting-gas-price-drop-americans-struggle-make-ends-meet-what-planet-on


Biden keeps lying about the nations economy and it has got to stop. He needs to hire better economic advisors, he needs to listen to the American people, and he needs to focus on the economy and not on a political agenda. The American people are hurting and his lies do greate...

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We are seeing the unethical act of wokeness that is driving unethical actions in businesses, churches and schools. This has got to end. Politics is never ethical. Political agenda's through wokeness is never ethical. We need to start teaching more about ethics, and board of directors have got to examine their ethics rules within their organizations. Politics should not be allowed one inch within organizations. Their decisions...

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Total Debt: $31.4 Trillion

Annual interest paid on debt: -#1.2 trillion by 2024

Annual tax revenue: $4.9 trillion

Annual Deficit: $1.4 trillion loss

Projected 2023 Deficit: over $2 trillion


Janet Yellen taps retirement funds to avoid breaching US debt limit. Does any of this sound like sound spending habits, good stewards of the money Americans have paid into the tax sy...

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When business leaders at the WEF make statements of wokeness and try to cancel out Twitter as a business, it is ethically wrong. Richard Edelman must be held accountable for his wokeness and trying to cancel free speech.


Richard Edelman, CEO of the world’s largest PR company tells businesses to “deprive [social media] platforms that spread disinformation of oxygen. Stop advertising. Pull your promotion money… The ...

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How are you using your credit cards? - https://www.inc.com/kelly-main/55-percent-of-americans-fail-this-simple-credit-card-quiz-just-3-questions-indicate-your-financial-iq.html


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January 17, 2023 14 mins

Using a portable charger to charge up along the road: https://youtu.be/NOIo0hcvJC0


Recycling electric car batteries: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/17/1066915/tesla-former-cto-battery-recycling/


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If you have any business questions, send the question to: TheBusinessAdvisor@zmail.com or set up a 60 minute consultation at: http://www.lodge-co.com

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January 13, 2023 14 mins

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CREATING ELECTRICITY IN THE US: https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/biggest-sources-of-electricity-by-state-and-province/


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OIL NEWS: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chevrons-first-cargo-venezuelan-oil-after-license-departs-us-2023-01-10/


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Great article on compliance and ethics: https://www.corporatecomplianceinsights.com/ethics-bad-apples/


If you would like to have more access to me, go to: http://www.lodge-co.com If you have a business question, send it to: TheBusinessAdvisor@zmail.com


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January 9, 2023 14 mins

IRS TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS: https://www.irs.gov/taxpayer-bill-of-rights


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January 8, 2023 14 mins

Set goals in each of these 7 areas of your life for 2023. These come from Dave Ramsey, I liked them so much I used them to form my goals for 2023.


Spiritual

Financial

Career

Intellectual

Fitness

Family

Social


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If you have questions about business that you would like to talk to a business advisor confidentially, schedule a 60 minute consultation at: http://www.lodge-co.com


If you would like more information, send an email to: thebusinessadvisor@zmail.com


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January 3, 2023 14 mins

If you have a business question, issue, or would like to bounce something off another business profession, schedule a 60 minute session with me by going to: www.lodge-co.com If you would like to email the Business Advisor, send it to: TheBusinessAdvisor@zmail.com


Journaling: https://gretchenrubin.com/articles/jump-start-your-habit-of-keeping-a-journal/

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All the problems of 2022 moves over to 2023 and nothing changed for the good. instead we got new taxes


$225 Billion in corporate income tax hikes which will be passed on to household, every American

$74 Billion in stock tax which will hit your nest egg - 401(k)s, IRAs and Pension Plans

$12 Billion crude oil tax which will increase household costs.

$6.5 Billion natural gas tax which will increase household energy bills

$1.2 Billion ...

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You would like to schedule a 60 minute consultation, confidentially, go to my website at: http://www.lodge-co.com

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