August 05, 2018 By Mike Solon The NEC Chair Larry Kudlow stated on CBS “Face The Nation” that “Even the CBO numbers show now that the entire $1.5 trillion tax cut is virtually paid for by higher revenues and better nominal GDP.” Jon Greenberg of PolitiFact rated that claim as “False”. ...
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WSJ: Keep Politics Out of the Boardroom
Reforms intended to give a voice to small shareholders have instead let social activists hijack proxy votes. By Phil Gramm and Mike Solon July 18, 2018 6:28 p.m. ET Even in democratic governments constrained by constitutional limits, the interests of the governed and the governors don’t align well. Government is inefficient...
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WSJ: Trump, Tariffs and the Protectionist Temptation
The trade balance doesn’t matter for U.S. prosperity. But America could benefit from updating and enforcing its trade deals, especially with China. By Phil Gramm and Mike Solon Any objective analysis of America’s economic history discredits the notion that the trade balance has a defined relationship with economic growth and job...
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WSJ: Don’t Be Fooled by ‘Secular Stagnation’
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...
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C-Span Senate Budget Committee Hearing
May 10, 2017 Economic Growth Policies Former Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, testified at a hearing on the economic growth policies… read more Watch the hearing here....
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Fox News: Former Texas senator on battle over tax cuts, gov’t spending
May. 02, 2017 -Former Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-Texas), on battle over tax cuts, gov’t spending. Watch the video here....
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WSJ: Preserve the Filibuster—Then Overcome It
The Senate’s 60-vote threshold is a bulwark of freedom. Instead of nuking it, the GOP should defund Obama’s agenda. By PHIL GRAMM and MICHAEL SOLON Jan. 6, 2017 American voters responded to President Obama’s failed recovery and government overreach by giving Republicans control of the White House, Senate and House....
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WSJ-What 1980 and 2016 Have in Common
Like the Reagan and Thatcher revolutions, Trump and Brexit are reactions to stagnation. By MICHAEL SOLON Dec. 11, 2016 4:17 p.m. ET Just as Margaret Thatcher’s ascendance in 1979 foreshadowed Ronald Reagan’s in 1980, so the British vote to exit from the European Union earlier this year presaged Donald Trump’s...
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A 2014 Health-Care Strategy: Freedom
ObamaCare repeal is out until 2017, but here’s an agenda to unite the GOP and offer Americans relief. By Phil Gramm Contradictory rulings this week by the D.C. and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeals mean that ObamaCare will probably return to the Supreme Court. The crucial issue is whether the government can...
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WSJ-Gramm and Wallison: Worse Than Fannie and Freddie
A bipartisan Senate housing reform would double down on the mistakes that led to the financial crisis. By Phil Gramm And Peter Wallison April 16, 2014 7:03 p.m. ET In this era of partisan gridlock, any legislative proposal with significant bipartisan sponsorship should be praised and supported if it simply...
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