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Republicans, Stand Up for Health Freedom

Posted in: Healthcare | October 19, 2017 at 11:20 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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By Phil Gramm Oct. 18, 2017 6:17 p.m. ET While there is plenty of blame to go around for Republicans’ inability to repeal and replace Obama Care, the effort was all but doomed as soon as the GOP chose to fight on the wrong battlefield. Trying to pass a replacement...

WH says corporate tax rate proposal is non-negotiable

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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 here....

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

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Sectors, Tax Policy | September 29, 2017 at 4:43 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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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 here....

Replace ObamaCare, Don’t Rename It

Posted in: Healthcare | February 2, 2017 at 1:41 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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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...

Where Clinton Will Take ObamaCare

Posted in: Healthcare, Sectors | October 18, 2016 at 3:04 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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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,...

The Subprime Superhighway

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy | October 3, 2016 at 3:02 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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The U.S. and Europe are lowering capital standards for ‘investments’ in public infrastructure—ignoring the lessons from 2007-08. By PHIL GRAMM Oct. 2, 2016 5:56 p.m. ET More government spending, particularly for infrastructure projects, is the mantra in Washington and other capitals. But two factors stand in the way. First, the...

Why This Recovery is So Lousy

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy | August 4, 2016 at 9:24 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Don’t believe the line that slow growth is inevitable after financial crises. Bad policies yield bad results. PHIL GRAMM and MICHAEL SOLON August 4, 2016 Donald Trump has been criticized by Democrats and Republicans alike for saying that “the American dream is dead.” But instead of slaying the messenger, critics on both...

The Great Recession Blame Game

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy | April 18, 2016 at 12:26 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Banks took the heat, but it was Washington that propped up subprime debt and then stymied recovery. By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon April 15, 2016 When the subprime crisis broke in the 2008 presidential election year, there was little chance for a serious discussion of its root causes. Candidate Barack...

The Federal Reserve’s Accountability Deficit

Posted in: Financial Services, Monetary Policy | October 15, 2015 at 9:48 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Every member of the Fed’s Board of Governors is an Obama appointee. That wasn’t supposed to happen. By PHIL GRAMM And THOMAS R. SAVING Oct. 14, 2015 6:27 p.m. ET The Federal Reserve enjoys extraordinary independence from the elected branches of government, based on the well-founded fear that politicians cannot be trusted with...

Dodd-Frank’s Nasty Double Whammy

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy | July 27, 2015 at 10:20 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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The legislation has hit the banking industry hard, hurting the recovery. Worse is its effect on the rule of law. By PHIL GRAMM July 23, 2015 7:07 p.m. ET Five years after the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial law, the causes and effects of the failed economic recovery are apparent...