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...
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
The search for bipartisan efforts to curb government spending
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....
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Replace ObamaCare, Don’t Rename It
Trying to cure all the program’s ills will only make them worse—and the GOP will get the blame. By PHIL GRAMM Updated Feb. 2, 2017 So powerful is the political appeal of entitlement programs that modern democracies routinely choose bankruptcy over curtailing them. That’s even true of ObamaCare. Despite surging...
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