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Dodd-Frank’s Nasty Double Whammy

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...

Economy less competitive now than 6 years ago: Phil Gramm

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | May 4, 2015

Former Sen. Phil Gramm, (R-Texas), explains why he thinks bad policies have led to an under performing economy. Watch the video here...

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

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Tax Policy | May 4, 2015

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?

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy | April 21, 2015

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...

A Simple Cure for ObamaCare: Freedom

Posted in: Healthcare | February 24, 2015

The GOP needs a politically defensible alternative if the Supreme Court overturns federal-exchange subsidies. By PHIL GRAMM Feb. 23, 2015 6:26 p.m. ET On March 4 the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell, with a decision expected in late June. If the court strikes down the...