Comment: What a whiny little spoiled brat crybaby this columnist is.

And, conflating 1 certain specific federal pension with closing loopholes for make-believe self-employed?  Uh, don't think so.  Conflating closing these loopholes with anything else is bogus.  

The sooner we reform/steamline/modernize our tax code, the sooner we are rid of these actuarial types with their specious convoluted logic, the better off we are.

You want fairness?  Great, treat all income the same, that is, it gets taxed at the same rate.  And then you won't have the need for these charlatans to find devious and deceptive ways to manipulate income to save on taxes for the wealthier in our society who think it's just fine to get away with paying less, meaning the rest of us have to pay more to make up the balance.