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

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

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...

A 2014 Health-Care Strategy: Freedom

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Healthcare, Sectors, Uncategorized | July 25, 2014

ObamaCare repeal is out until 2017, but here’s an agenda to unite the GOP and offer Americans relief. By Phil Gramm Contradictory rulings this week by the D.C. and Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeals mean that ObamaCare will probably return to the Supreme Court. The crucial issue is whether the government can...

Gramm and Wallison: Worse Than Fannie and Freddie

Posted in: Fiscal Policy, Housing Policy, Monetary Policy, Real Estate, Uncategorized | April 17, 2014

A bipartisan Senate housing reform would double down on the mistakes that led to the financial crisis By Phil Gramm and Peter Wallison In this era of partisan gridlock, any legislative proposal with significant bipartisan sponsorship should be praised and supported if it simply does not produce a policy worse...

Gramm and Solon: Suddenly, an Opening for Tax Reform

Posted in: Financial Services, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Tax Policy, Uncategorized | February 25, 2014

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”...