WSJ-Social Security Was Doomed From the Start

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The fatal flaw was FDR’s decision to make it a pay-as-you-go benefit. We should have fixed it by now. By Phil Gramm and Mike Solon Dec. 19, 2023 6:29 pm ET Americans imagine that the Social Security benefits they are promised belong to them. That’s by design. In 1935, President Franklin...
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WSJ-Another Wrong Way to Measure Poverty

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The real rate is 2.5%, but the Census Bureau inflates it by excluding most social-welfare benefits. By Phil Gramm and John Early Dec. 5, 2023 6:33 pm ET The credibility of the Census Bureau’s official measure of poverty didn’t survive the pandemic. Though government payments for social benefits rose by...
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WSJ-Biden Gets European Help for His Big-Government Agenda

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When Congress and the courts say no, his agencies recruit foreigners to apply pressure here at home. By Phil Gramm and Jeb Hensarling Oct. 17, 2023 6:15 pm ET American exceptionalism, the product of economic freedom and source of our prosperity, is being threatened by the Biden administration, which seeks...
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WSJ-Trump’s Trade War Was a Loser

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Tariffs destroyed jobs in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin and made all Americans worse off. By Phil Gramm and Donald J. Boudreaux Sept. 11, 2023 5:29 pm ET Donald Trump boasts that his protectionist policies were “historically successful,” which suggests that he thinks he’s exempt from the old dictum that we are...
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WSJ-Biden’s IRS Chases Chump Change

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The amount of improper pandemic payments dwarfs what its new agents stand to recoup for taxpayers. By Phil Gramm and Jodey Arrington Aug. 10, 2023 5:37 pm ET Criminals stole at least $1 trillion from taxpayers during the pandemic. To date the Biden administration has offered only lip service and...
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