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Thin, Smart and Happy (Let's Fly Under the Bridge)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:52:00 GMT

Aboard the Straight Talk Express Senator-Turned-Investment-Banker Phil Gramm is interviewed: Most of his former colleagues probably can't fathom why Wall Street bankers make tens of millions of dollars in salaries and bonuses each year. How would he justify these fat pay days? "It's simple," he lectures, sounding very much like the Texas A&M economics professor that he was in the 1970s: "In...

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Why is Ron Paul not President? (Lone Star Times)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:16:44 GMT

According to Ron Paul Henchman and alleged erstwhile ghostwriter Lew Rockwell, you can blame Dicky Flatt’s buddy, Phil Gramm: …I was involved in that campaign, when Reagan broke his moronic “11th Commandment” to speak ill of fellow Republican Ron Paul, and such figures as Karl Rove and Paul Weyrich conspired to wage a very nasty campaign [...]

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McCain’s Tax Problem (Mercury Rising 鳯女)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:10:44 GMT

John McCain has a problem with taxes, and it’s not just that Cindy McCain neglected to pay property taxes for the last four years on a California condo. The IRS is going after suspected tax evaders at the Swiss bank UBS AG. McCain’s economic adviser Phil Gramm is the vice chairman of the bank’s U.S. [...]

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Phil Gramm On Financial Re-regulation (voluntaryXchange)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:57:47 GMT

It seems likely we will see more financial re-regulation. Phil Gramm points out that the deregulation that everyone criticizes was precisely what allowed Bear Stearns (more of an investment bank) to be bought out by J.P. Morgan (more of a...

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Economist-Shill for the Power Elite (The LRC Blog)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMT

Writes Tim Swanson: "The WSJ is making a big deal about Phil Gramm becoming the economic adviser to John McCain -- lauding him as a true Dr. No. Not that I'm a fan of trademarks, but Ron Paul has a...

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Meet John McCain's Economic Brain: Phil Gramm (DealBreaker)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:46:29 GMT

Phil Gramm gave his first political interview in years to Stephen Moore in the Wall Street Journal's weekend edition. The interview is clearly meant to reassure conservative voters about Republican presidential candidate John McCain. What separates McCain from Obama, Moore writes, is that although neither of them know much about economics, "McCain has the good sense to know where to turn to...

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9 in 10 Americans see financial squeeze (AMERICAblog)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:44:00 GMT

What do 90% of Americans know anyway ? Ben Bernanke says everything is just fine and Henry Paulson tell us that we have a strong dollar policy. John McCain still isn't sure about any of this but as soon as Phil Gramm tells him what to say, I'm sure he'll confirm that everything is A-OK.

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WSJ's Moore didn't note that McCain's own words contradict Gramm's claim that McCain "wants to cut defense" (Media Matters)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:28:48 GMT

In a June 28 Wall Street Journal commentary , editorial page senior economics writer Stephen Moore quoted former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX), economic adviser to Sen. John McCain, saying McCain is "going to cut the defense budget by making major changes in procurement. As we win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must use every penny of savings for deficit reduction. And we're going to restore...

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McCain and Gramm are delusional (South Texas Chisme)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:41:00 GMT

Phil Gramm championed legislation that brought us Enron and the ultimate energy gouging. But for Phil, greed is a virtue best viewed through money colored glasses. In recent interviews, Mr. Gramm blamed politics for renewed criticism, which extends to his post-Senate career as vice chairman of UBS Securities. "For some reason, the left has concluded that my involvement with McCain is...

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Activist Supreme Court Upholds Enronesque Artificially Inflated Utility Prices (Enclave)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:22:00 GMT

This has got to be a joke, because the reality is a farce. SCOTUS is essentially extending the utility giveaway that unethical John McCain economic advisor Phil Gramm started for his buddies and campaign contributors at Enron by defending a federal regulatory commission that is refusing state government's wish to renegotiate bogus contracts. Regulation in the Bush era (or error) is worth about...

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Phil Gramm: Republicans didn't live up to what they promised to do. Power corrupted them. They spent lots of money and tried to buy votes. (Cracker Squire)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:55:00 GMT

... way Democrats did." So says former Texas senator and current John McCain economics adviser Phil Gramm. When he rode off into the political sunset in 2002 for a high-rolling investment banking job at UBS, there was joy among many of his liberal colleagues on Capitol Hill. For two decades the man who came to be called "Dr. No" had earned a reputation as a one-man wrecking crew of big-government...

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Phil Gramm Mike Rappaport (The Right Coast)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:30:50 GMT

As of now, I have been planning to write in Phil Gramm's name for President. Here is why. He's right about everything, except for John McCain.

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Phil Gramm Quote on CEO Pay (voluntaryXchange)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:00:19 GMT

I don't like McCain, but I'd sure be happy if he brought ex-Senator Phil Gramm along for the ride: ... Wall Street bankers make tens of millions of dollars in salaries and bonuses each year. How would he justify these...

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Gramm faces rough road to reward for retooling McCain bid (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

A growing number of lawmakers and experts blame speculators for driving up oil prices. U.S. regulators can't quantify the impact, mostly because many oil trades take place on exchanges that aren't monitored by them. Many critics date that problem to a 1993 decision by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, whose chairwoman was Mr. Gramm's wife, Wendy Lee Gramm.

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Phil Gramm today (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT

• Mr. Gramm and his wife, Wendy Lee Gramm, were also involved with legislation and regulation that exempted energy trading in nonretail markets from federal oversight. Some lawmakers now think speculators are using that loophole to take big positions in oil and other commodities, driving up prices for consumers.

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Would a John McCain win take Phil Gramm back to Washington? (Dallas Morning News)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:36:00 GMT

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Elect Phil Gramm! (A Second Hand Conjecture)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:13:39 GMT

From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: “When you help a company raise capital, to put its idea to work, and you create jobs, those jobs are the best housing [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Gramm Cracker (Bloodthirsty Liberal)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:15:08 GMT

You know me: my wondering about what it all means, my crises of confidence. But if this blog can bring to the attention of anyone who hasn’t seen it this letter from former Senator Phil Gramm of Texas to the WSJ, I will feel fulfilled for the rest of the day at any rate: I [...]

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Phil Gramm on the value of investment banking (PrairiePundit)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:48:00 GMT

... it into the dominant phone company on earth. His severance package should have been billions." Mr. Gramm says that today there is "a lucrative premium for talent. When we were all hunters and gatherers, and you were better with a bow and arrow than I was, there were limits on how much more game you could kill than me. Today, CEO decisions about whether to acquire or not acquire a company,...

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Gramm Award (The Corner)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:08:42 GMT

The only time I've ever volunteered for a presidential campaign was in 1995, when I spent a few nights making phone calls for Phil Gramm, who was running for the GOP nomination. It wasn't the greatest of experiences: My very first call was to a person who was dead. I should have seen it as an omen. Today, Gramm likes to say that he's 'too ugly' to be president. The WSJ interviews the...

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