Monthly Archives: February 2017

WSJ: How ‘Border Adjustment’ Poisons Tax Reform

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | February 23, 2017 at 11:11 am , by mariel

The House’s 20% import fee is political industrial policy that will convulse the economy. Better to follow the 1986 model. By Phil Gramm The goal of tax reform is to collect revenues while reducing the distorting influence that taxes impose on economic efficiency and growth. The 1986 tax reform stripped...

The search for bipartisan efforts to curb government spending

Posted in: Tax Policy | February 9, 2017 at 1:58 pm , by mariel

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Feb. 09, 2017 -Former Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-Texas), on searching for the bipartisan efforts to force budget savings and spending restraints. Watch the video here....

WSJ: Replace ObamaCare, Don’t Rename It

Posted in: Healthcare | February 3, 2017 at 9:52 am , by mariel

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Trying to cure all the program’s ills will only make them worse—and the GOP will get the blame. By PHIL GRAMM Feb. 2, 2017 7:23 p.m. ET So powerful is the political appeal of entitlement programs that modern democracies routinely choose bankruptcy over curtailing them. That’s even true of ObamaCare....