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Now that Social Security has resumed sending estimated benefit statements, one of the most frequent questions asked is “How do they calculate how much I’m going to get?”

It’s a compelling idea, replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax. The strongest case here is that the IRS has become too intrusive, too invasive and threatening, and it is immoral for the government to know so much about our personal income.

A former special agent at the Drug Enforcement Administration and a former special agent at the U.S. Secret Service have been charged by the Justice Department with stealing digital currency.    

As an expected 2016 presidential candidate, Jeb Bush has a Wall Street infrastructure advantage that is proving to be impossible for any other 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls to emulate.

Most people entitled to a government pension will not  see a reduction in Social Security benefits they might have also earned.

If former long-time AIG CEO Hank Greenberg prevails in his case against the federal government, he and fellow shareholders might not be alone in recouping some of the winnings.

The Federal Trade Commission has picked up the scent and is hot on the trail of tracking down the source of misleading marketing.

A lot of questions about Social Security revolve around basic procedural issues.

Congress’s habit of waiting until the last minute to vote on important tax legislation leaves very little wiggle room for tax planning.

Where's the political outrage? Where's the media outcry over slippery oil's latest move to undoubtedly screw us?

The shale revolution in America is helping to bring oil prices lower, keep gas prices down, and give the economy a boost in the process. But fracking has taken the spotlight for a number of different economic and environmental reasons.

Exclusive: Several large investors have expressed interest in financing a controversial lawsuit filed by former AIG chief Hank Greenberg.

Exclusive: Steve Cohen has quietly retained famed defense attorney David Boies to help with the litany of legal woes the prolific investor faces.

Serial entrepreneur Anthony Wood may have invented the DVR, but it’s his sixth company, Roku, that aims to capture the Internet TV market.

Online security and privacy are superhot topics at Austin’s SXSW and everywhere else … but the NSA is the least of your worries.

More and more Americans make a good living without working for a living – they’re parasites who live off hardworking people like you and me.  

Changing a few laws, repealing a few and creating a few more will only add to the already burdensome tax code. What we need is massive simplification.

JPMorgan has reached a $13 billion tentative deal with the Justice Department over several investigations into the bank’s mortgage-backed-securities business.

America has become a conundrum of laws and regulations that tax our lives, our liberties, our pursuit of happiness, and our sanity.

The stalemate surrounding college loans goes beyond setting the interest rate. A debate is surfacing on how much these loans cost taxpayers.