Category Archives: Tax Policy

Gramm: The problem in Baltimore is not a lack of government programs

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | May 4, 2015 at 10:12 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Former Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-Texas), and FBN’s Neil Cavuto on the calls for more government spending in urban areas in the wake of the Baltimore riots and the 2016 presidential race. Watch Neil Cavuto talk about Government Spending on Cavuto and Neil Commentary. Watch the video here...

What’s Wrong With the Golden Goose?

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Secular stagnation’ isn’t to blame for lousy U.S. growth rates. Obama’s higher taxes and regulatory assault are. By, PHIL GRAMM April 20, 2015 8:17 p.m. ET Since the Obama recovery began in the second quarter of 2009, public and private projections of economic growth have consistently overestimated actual performance. Six years...

Mike Solon-Opinion Journal: Tax-and-Spend’s Destructive History

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy | February 3, 2015 at 3:07 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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2/3/2015 1:20PM US Policy Metrics Partner Michael Solon on data that shows economic growth, not higher taxes, is the most reliable way to raise federal revenue. Photo credit: Getty Images. Watch the video here...

What Democrats and the CBO Don’t Get

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | February 3, 2015 at 9:43 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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The numbers reveal that a robust economy, not higher taxes, is the most reliable way to increase federal revenue. By Michael Solon Feb. 2, 2015 7:37 p.m. ET The recent rule change by House Republicans to incorporate the macroeconomic impact of major legislation into official budget estimates—“dynamic scoring”—has triggered heated...

The Reagan-Clinton Template for Success

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy | December 16, 2014 at 9:39 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Divided government doesn’t have to be a prescription for stalemate. Past bipartisan achievements point the way. By Phil Gramm and Michael Solon Dec. 15, 2014 6:17 p.m. ET After his re-election to become the next majority leader of the Senate, Mitch McConnell ’s first words were not about his or his...

How to Distort Income Inequality

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy | November 12, 2014 at 10:49 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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The Piketty-Saez data ignore changes in tax law and fail to count noncash compensation and Social Security benefits. By Phil Gramm And Michael Solon Nov. 11, 2014 6:50 p.m. ET What the hockey-stick portrayal of global temperatures did in bringing a sense of crisis to the issue of global...

Senate Democrats vs. the Middle Class

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy | October 14, 2014 at 2:26 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Senators elected in 2008 made Obama’s agenda possible, and its results have harmed most Americans. By PHIL GRAMM And MICHAEL SOLON Aug. 17, 2014 7:10 p.m. ET On Nov. 3, 2008, seven new Democratic senators were elected, giving Democrats 58 votes. Eight months later, with the Minnesota Senate race settled and...

A Lesson for America in Poland’s Rise and Ukraine’s Fall

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | August 29, 2014 at 7:00 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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As President Obama is learning, no political victory is permanent without economic success. Consider the fates of two former Soviet vassals. By PHIL GRAMM And MICHAEL SOLON Aug. 29, 2014 6:58 p.m. ET In forging Turkey out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk warned his countrymen in...

Democrats’ policies hurting the middle class?

Posted in: Tax Policy | August 19, 2014 at 12:56 pm , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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Aug. 19, 2014 – 4:03 – Former adviser to Sen. Mitch McConnell Michael Solon on America’s middle class and the U.S. economy. Watch here...

Gramm and Solon: Suddenly, an Opening for Tax Reform

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy, Uncategorized | February 25, 2014 at 10:32 am , by Managed WordPress Migration User

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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”...