Steve Selengut's Articles

How To Create A Fairer Tax Environment
Can lawmakers who don't have the courage or intelligence to outlaw texting while driving really be expected to create a saner tax structure? Hmmm. Developing a fairer tax environment is much less an economics problem than it is a political dilemma and,...

A Capitalist's Social Security, 401(k), and Retirement Plan Reform Program
What if there was an easy way to implement a whole new approach to retirement funding, pension planning, and Social Security? Would the politicians be interested? Let's find out. What if the new plan actually reduced payroll taxes, cut prices, created ...

The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part Four
SIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and Education, (3) Protection from Speculators (4) Control of Hedge Funds, (5) Brokerage Account Statements, (6) Retirement Account Investments, (7) Executive Compensat...

The Obama Tax Reform Plan For Long Term Economic Growth?
Most economic research suggests that tax code replacement surgery is essential for long-term economic progress. The goal of my plan is to make sure that you are not grumbling ten years from now about the same things that trouble you today. This is a fifte...

An Investor's Eye View of the Corporate Income Tax
The Investor's Eye view of politics is a simplistic, practical, "dot-connecting" approach to sorting things out so that positive (win/win) change can be considered. Real World politics is not concerned with such things, and that is one of the most serious...