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Irish For a Day

On Saint Patrick’s Day, millions of Americans go scrounging through their Ancestry DNA tests in hopes of finding a drop or two of Irish blood to justify a trip to the bar. Others struggle to pronounce those unpronounceable Irish names: Cillian [kill•ee•an] and Saoirse...

Art, Not Science

I start these missives with the premise that nobody should pay more tax than they have to. Then, I launch into a story about someone finding a way to pay less. Usually, the story involves federal income taxes, which are the biggest tax bills most of us ever face....

“Price Is Right” Taxes

The IRS reminds us that, “the U.S. income tax system is built on the idea of voluntary compliance. This means that taxpayers are responsible for declaring all of their income, calculating their tax correctly, and filing a tax return on time.” In other words, “the IRS...

No More Tax-Free Lunch for Billionaires

Why did Willie Sutton famously say he robbed banks? “Because that’s where the money is!” So why, then, don’t we tax the rich? Well, we do! The bottom 20% of American earners, who make less than $30,000, contribute less than 1% of the total tax bill. The top 20%,...

Magic Eight Ball Says…

Artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the global economy, promising increased efficiency and productivity at the same time as it threatens millions of jobs. Of course, someday AI might decide it’s smarter than the species that created it (not a high bar) and...

What Happen$ in Vegas Goes to Washington

Sunday’s Super Bowl in Las Vegas was a spectacle for the ages. MVP Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs affirmed their dominance in the NFL, coming from behind to win in overtime. It was their second straight Lombardi trophy and their third in five years. About...

Open Secrets

Last fall, a former IRS contractor named Charles Littlejohn copped a plea to one count of unauthorized disclosure of tax return information. Specifically, Littlejohn leaked Donald Trump’s tax returns to the New York Times in an explicit attempt to sway the 2020...

Suze Orman is Full of It

America has always been a land of opportunity, but most Americans don’t seem very good at managing those opportunities. The average American has just $87,000 saved for retirement, dimming hopes for endless days of pickleball in the sun. Nearly 4 in 10 can’t cover $400...

Macks the Knife

Five thousand years ago, give or take, the Mesopotamians invented the shekel. It was the world’s first currency and represented a huge step forward from primitive barter, the direct trade of goods and services. Since then, ingenious humans have used all sorts of...

Elon Musk, Loser

Love him or hate him, everyone’s favorite richest man on the planet, Elon Musk, keeps racking up the headlines. Is he a twenty-first-century Edison or Ford, hurtling towards the first trillion-dollar fortune? Will he change the world with his genius for cars,...