Category Archives: Tax Policy

Gramm and Solon: Suddenly, an Opening for Tax Reform

Senate Finance Chairman Ron Wyden now recognizes that a pro-growth tax reform can raise revenues. By Phil Gramm and Mike Solon A glimmer of hope for the economy and deficit reduction flashed from the Senate this past weekend when the new Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Ron Wyden, announced “a breakthrough”...
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WSJ: A GOP Game Plan for Tax Reform

If the special deals that create crony capitalism are allowed to survive, Republican efforts will have failed. Thanks to the efforts of Democrat Sen. Max Baucus and Republican Rep. Dave Camp, Congress will take up tax reform this year. Before the debate begins, however, Republicans need to set out the...
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Gramm and McMillin: The Debt Problem Hasn’t Vanished

While deficit projections have recently moderated, the cost of servicing the national debt will explode once interest rates begin to rise. A version of this article appeared May 22, 2013, on page A15 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: The Debt Problem Hasn’t Vanished....
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WSJ: Can Government Benefits Turn an Election?

This election will test the relative power of private-sector aspirations versus public-sector dependence. By Phil Gramm and Mike Solon as appeared in Wall Street Journal on October 18, 2012 Since World War II, the five incumbent presidents who were re-elected enjoyed an economy where the unemployment rate averaged 5.4% in...
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