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How the Little Guys Lose Under Trump's Tax Plan Jun. 11, 2024
The late Sen. John McCain didn't much like Obamacare, but in 2018, the Arizona Republican pulled it ... Read More
Agent and Lender Fraud? Apr. 12, 2022
Dear Monty: We are suspicious of our home sale. We found out our agent (No. 2) and the buyer were fr... Read More
What's the Chance There's a Home Defect? Feb. 22, 2022
Dear Monty: The house seller wants me to release him from all claims after closing. This action soun... Read More
Family Real Estate Transactions Need Independent Guidance Feb. 15, 2022
Dear Monty: I have two brothers, Bill and Jerry. Bill and Jerry purchased a property together in Oct... Read More
Smart Progressives Should Love Elon Musk Jan. 13, 2022
Nearly everything Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted about Elon Musk was wrong. Scratch the word "nearly.... Read More
Time for Elon Musk to Quit Biased Twitter Dec. 22, 2021
Surprise! Twitter is showing its political bias ... once again. Will the social media network, run b... Read More
The SALT Tax Deduction Is Actually Progressive Nov. 11, 2021
No serious economist believed that former President Donald Trump's 2017 tax law would pay for itself... Read More
What Should He Do? Nov. 06, 2021
He is President Joe Biden. The answer, at a minimum, is that more of the same just won't do. Biden's... Read More
How Wall Street Still Owns Washington, Even with the Socialists in Charge Sep. 10, 2021
Democrats in Washington are still pushing ahead with plans for their historically astronomical $3.5 ... Read More
Pandemic-Induced Remote Work Means Some Income Might Be Taxable in Two States May. 12, 2021
Millions of Americans worked remotely last year due to the pandemic, and many of them worked from st... Read More
Republicans Got One Thing Right in Their Tax Cuts. Biden Should Leave It Alone. May. 04, 2021
The Trump administration's package of tax cuts for the rich was a collection of mostly bad ideas but... Read More
Republicans Seek Estate Tax Repeal, as Democrats Ponder a Different Bad Idea Apr. 20, 2021
It isn't often that both parties in Congress come up with equally bad ideas on the same topic, but D... Read More
Passing Laws, Passing Taxes and Passing the Buck Aug. 08, 2019
What do the French digital services tax, the employers' share of payroll taxes and the corporate inc... Read More
A Puny Tax Reform Built on Broken Promises Dec. 21, 2017
Modern politics is a steady process of lowering standards, eroding norms and peddling fictions. The ... Read More
Free the Tax Code From Special Interests Nov. 01, 2017
A big tax bill is all it takes to see how perverse and dysfunctional our government has become. Why ... Read More
3 Priorities to Guide Tax Reform Sep. 21, 2017
Congress is finally tackling the tax code, which is good news because reform is badly needed. Our ou... Read More
The Earned Income Tax Credit: Small Benefits, Large Costs Oct. 29, 2015
When both liberals and conservatives like a government program, it usually means that it is expensiv... Read More
Speak Now, Congress, or Forever Maintain the Status Quo Oct. 08, 2015
The House of Representatives is looking for a new speaker. Such times of change present a perfect op... Read More
Candidates AWOL on Plans to Cut Spending Oct. 01, 2015
Donald Trump is the most recent Republican presidential candidate to release a plan to reform our bu... Read More
Universal Savings Accounts Help People Help Themselves May. 14, 2015
Republican presidential contenders have staked out different positions on tax reform. Sens. Rand Pau... Read More
