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

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

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

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

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

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...