Are Income Taxes Too High?
On a recent flight, I remembered the inscription on the Internal Revenue Service building in
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Another Way to Use Required Minimum Distributions
Congress, in its unrelenting wisdom, has given us all an amazing break. I refer, of
Social Security: It’s a Money In-Money Out Problem
The annual report from the trustees for Social Security was late this year. Usually released
Less: The Road Not Taken
Afghanistan: Is there anything we can do beyond the Finger Pointing Olympics we’ve been witnessing?
Sunrise in America
The Great Reversal, part 3 A recent population report from the Census Bureau revealed the enormous increase
So Much Money, So Few Workers
The Great Reversal, part 2 In “Mother Blue’s,” Ray Wylie Hubbard sings about his dearest
The Coming Great Reversal
Part 1 At long last, American workers may be getting a break. Better still, it’s
This Old Mobile Home: The Joy of Tear-Out
Before you can remodel you have to undo. You have to tear out. That means
What History Tells Us about Stock Market Returns
The Chorus of Worriers convenes daily, as it has for years. A market decline is
Staying Afloat and the Rush for Stuff
This may destroy my image as Prudent Man. But in the interest of full disclosure,
The Graceful, Soothing Curve of RMD Income
Someday, it will be appreciated for the beautiful thing it is. But for the moment,