Category Archives: Tax Policy

Fox Business Network-Tax reform underway amid buzz that top rate could be lowered again

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | December 13, 2017 at 5:42 pm , by mariel

Dec. 13, 2017 – 4:57 – Former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) explains what provisions he’d like to see in Republicans’ tax reform plan, which could be on President Trump’s desk as soon as next week. You can watch the clip here....

WSJ: Don’t Be Fooled by ‘Secular Stagnation’

Posted in: Tax Policy, Uncategorized | December 2, 2017 at 9:26 am , by mariel

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American exceptionalism hasn’t come to an end, and we needn’t settle for 2% economic growth. What the U.S. needs is policies like Reagan’s, not Obama’s. By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon Dec. 1, 2017 6:40 p.m. ET The only sound basis for gauging the potential impact of public-policy changes is through...

WSJ-The GOP’s ‘Tax the Rich’ Temptation

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | October 9, 2017 at 10:08 am , by mariel

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The top 10% of earners already pay 71% of federal income taxes—highest in the developed world. By Phil Gramm Oct. 8, 2017 2:35 p.m. ET Given that the top 10% of income earners in America pay more than 71% of federal income taxes and do most of the saving, investing...

Fox Business: Trump tax plan will pass both houses: Fmr. Sen. Phil Gramm

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | October 2, 2017 at 11:53 am , by mariel

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Sep. 29, 2017 – 8:53 – Former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm (R) on why he thinks President Trump’s tax reform plan will pass both houses of Congress. You can watch the video here....

WH says corporate tax rate proposal is non-negotiable

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | October 1, 2017 at 12:52 pm , by mariel

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Sep. 30, 2017 – 7:32 – Former Senate Banking Committee Chair Phil Gramm reacts to plan’s reduction from 35 percent to 20 percent. You can watch the video here....

WSJ: Reagan Cut Taxes, Revenue Boomed

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy | August 4, 2017 at 10:36 am , by mariel

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Reagan Cut Taxes, Revnue Boomed WSJ Artwork

The model of tax-rate cuts and deregulation can work again to restore faster growth and lift incomes. By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon Aug. 3, 2017 6:51 p.m. ET A great advantage of having been present when history was made is that later you can sometimes recall what actually happened. Such institutional memory...

WSJ: Do You Want Reagan’s Economy or Obama’s?

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | April 20, 2017 at 1:17 pm , by mariel

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The CBO failed to predict the tax-reform boom of the 1980s and the weak recovery in recent years. By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon April 19, 2017 The best way to gauge America’s capacity to reignite economic growth through tax reform is to move beyond congressional economic models and look...

WSJ: How ‘Border Adjustment’ Poisons Tax Reform

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

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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....

Where Clinton Will Take ObamaCare

Posted in: Healthcare, Sectors, Tax Policy | October 18, 2016 at 10:54 am , by mariel

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As with HillaryCare, a single payer, national health-care system has always been the goal. By PHIL GRAMM Oct. 17, 2016 In claiming earlier this year that the current U.S. health-care system “was HillaryCare before it was called ObamaCare,” Hillary Clinton was telling the truth—but not the whole truth. In 1993,...