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The Founding Fathers Funded Government Through Tariffs Feb. 20, 2025
President Donald Trump calls tariff "the most beautiful word in the dictionary." This refutes the or... Read More
'Good Government' Is a Two-Way Street Oct. 05, 2023
You've undoubtedly noticed how up-in-arms everyone becomes when the government is on the verge of sh... Read More
Curbing Your Rights, Canceling Your Tax Cuts Aug. 14, 2023
Colorado's Legislature can't seem to get past its contempt for the citizens initiative. That's the p... Read More
Fully a Third of Rural Hospitals in Missouri Could Close, Part of a National Crisis Aug. 09, 2023
Fully a third of Missouri's rural hospitals are in danger of closing in the next few years, leaving ... Read More
Biden's Deficits Threaten Economic Doom Jul. 20, 2023
The latest grim news on the exploding federal government deficit testifies to the recklessness and i... Read More
Taxes Are for Raising Revenues, Not Punishing Rich People Jun. 24, 2021
Taxes are how we raise the money needed to run government. The rich have the wherewithal to bear mos... Read More
There's No Such Thing as a Free Tax Holiday Sep. 03, 2020
A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump proposed a payroll tax holiday to Americans earning less tha... Read More
Trump's Budget Proposal Would Take From the Poor to Prop Up the Rich -- Again Feb. 12, 2020
President Donald Trump on Monday released a $4.8 trillion fiscal 2021 federal budget proposal that w... Read More
Foreign Students Enrich American Colleges Jul. 03, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I am completing my second year at the University of California, Los Angeles. In my two ... Read More
Illinois' Approach to Legalizing Marijuana Strikes the Right Balance Jun. 05, 2019
Illinois' newly approved plan to legalize recreational marijuana appears well thought out, with stri... Read More
U.S. Infrastructure Needs Are Urgent. Politics Must Rise to the Challenge. May. 03, 2019
Amid the scorched-earth partisan warfare that is Washington politics these days, President Donald Tr... Read More
Dealing With Commissions in Consulting Contracts Jan. 29, 2019
"After being laid off from a company last year, I've started my own consulting business. "Things hav... Read More
McDonald's Is All Good Dec. 05, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: What are McDonald's largest competitors? They've got to be what's damaging McDonald'... Read More
A Trillion-Dollar Blunder Oct. 02, 2018
I have spent some three decades railing against faulty budgetary scoring of tax bills, but the lates... Read More
The Seattle Head Tax Is Idiotic May. 17, 2018
The tyranny of local government was on full display this week. The culprits are some greedy members ... Read More
Taxes and Retirement Savings Feb. 21, 2018
Dear Mr. Berko: I have $362,000 in my 401(k) account. It took me 22 years to accumulate that amount.... Read More
Let's Limit Spending Feb. 07, 2018
Some people have called for a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution as a means of reining in... Read More
How to Pay for National Parks Nov. 09, 2017
If you assume that anything the Trump administration does is bad, you will be right more often than ... Read More
Tax Reform Should Encourage More Saving, Not Less Nov. 02, 2017
Republicans want tax reform, but their refusal to cut spending forces them to look into all sorts of... Read More
Republicans Embrace Tax Cuts and Ruinous Deficits Nov. 02, 2017
The U.S. economy is humming like a bee in clover. Gross domestic product is growing at a solid clip;... Read More
