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Government Hands on Roth IRAs? Oct. 29, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm 69 and retired, and I have an individual retirement account worth $628,000. Fort... Read More
You've Inherited an IRA, so Now What? Oct. 01, 2014
Dear Carrie: I inherited a traditional individual retirement account from my father. Should I conve... Read More
Do You Have to Pay Income Taxes on Social Security Benefits? Sep. 24, 2014
Dear Carrie: From what I've read, if a married couple has annual withdrawals from 401(k) plans, ind... Read More
Can You Dip Into Your IRA to Buy a First Home? Should You? Sep. 17, 2014
Dear Carrie: If I want to buy a house, could I dip into my individual retirement account for part o... Read More
How Not to Get Your Country Back Sep. 16, 2014
The tea party mantra, "I want my country back," resonates with many. The racial undertones can be ug... Read More
Renouncing American Citizenship -- for Profit Sep. 13, 2014
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people with all the rights of flesh-... Read More
The Left's Ridiculous Burger King Freakout Aug. 29, 2014
Burger King plans to merge with Canuck coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons and base the company's ... Read More
Taxes and the Internet Aug. 20, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: I have a carefully selected growth portfolio, about 16 percent of which is invested ... Read More
Have You Taken Your Obama Oath? Aug. 08, 2014
Jonathan Alter at The Daily Beast has an idea that will infuse the president's "economic patriotism"... Read More
Doing Well by Doing Good -- but Better by Doing Bad Jul. 31, 2014
How curious to watch "60 Minutes," the famously hard-hitting TV newsmagazine, bless JPMorgan Chase C... Read More
To Share Is Not Always to Share Alike Jul. 24, 2014
The online rental booking service Airbnb is a fast-growing empire that pairs travelers with people w... Read More
How Obama Questions Your Patriotism Jul. 18, 2014
So Barack Obama is again using one of the most contemptible phrases in American politics — "ec... Read More
Was Cochran's Win Good for Blue America? Jul. 01, 2014
From the happy reports, you'd think that liberals had only to celebrate the tea party's recent Missi... Read More
Americans Are Not Serious About Government Debt Jun. 19, 2014
The gross U.S. government debt now stands at $17 trillion, more than double what it was a decade ago... Read More
Christie's Budget Choice May. 23, 2014
The most troubling aspect of 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie's refusal this week to make ... Read More
Fight Heroin With Marijuana May. 23, 2014
A plague of heroin addiction is upon us. Another plague. Heroin was the crisis that prompted Richard... Read More
Koch Brothers Demand More Government Intervention and Taxes May. 21, 2014
Hypothetical conundrums can provide some valuable learning experiences for students of corporate man... Read More
Rep. Dave Camp's Plan Would Make Tax Day Easier Apr. 18, 2014
Dave Camp's pending retirement from Congress may put an end to his long crusade to make common sense... Read More
IRA and Future Taxes Apr. 16, 2014
Dear Mr. Berko: My 70-year-old husband recently passed away, and I am the beneficiary of a $623,000 ... Read More
Wizard of Id
Apr. 15, 2014
