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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
'Tax Cuts for the Rich'? May. 01, 2017
One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having... Read More
Is It Time to Repeal FATCA? Apr. 27, 2017
I've previously argued that the Trump administration should stop funding the Organization for Econom... Read More
On Hold Constantly Jan. 18, 2017
Dear Mr. Berko: After spending 55 minutes on the phone with Verizon and being switched to four diffe... Read More
In the Fiscal Health Beauty Pageant, Everyone Loses Jun. 09, 2016
Many states are broke, even though their constituents don't know it. The two main drivers of states'... Read More
Socialism for the Uninformed May. 31, 2016
Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound g... Read More
Stadium Bonds Jan. 13, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Several years ago, I bought $25,000 of the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority bond... Read More
