| Dec 5, 2011 | Economy / BusinessDespite popular fascination with the rich and famous, most working people have little understanding of the finances of the wealthy. Take the competing tax proposals of the Republican presidential candidates. Going almost unremarked amid all the discussion of the...
| Feb 14, 2011 | Economy / BusinessToday, war and taxes remain our nation’s two most tragic issues. While we haven’t quite finished losing those pointless shooting wars, we’ve surely lost the tax war. Yes, President Barack Obama has surrendered. You saw it on TV. He said right out in...
| Oct 25, 2010 | Economy / BusinessI am one of those lucky Americans who won the genetic lottery. That is, I was born rich. And believe it or not, my family’s business success happened because of–not in spite of–our country’s progressive tax system. My great-grandfather, William...
| | Economy / BusinessMy accountant Found a niche; Lowered my taxes, Though I’m rich. Taxes, like death, may be certain. Unlike death they can be finagled. Finagling works best if you’re rich and can join with brethren to hire accountants, lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians to...
| Aug 9, 2010 | Economy / BusinessSmall business owners like me have for too long served as poster children for a misleading campaign led by the super wealthy to weaken or abolish the estate tax. I’m the proud owner of Maine’s Borealis Breads, and I want to make something crystal clear:...
