Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm
William Philip "Phil" Grammis an American economist and politician, who has served as a Democratic Congressman, a Republican Congressmanand a Republican Senatorfrom Texas. He later became a lobbyist for UBS and founded a public policy and lobbying firm, Gramm Partners. He was a senior economic adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign from the summer of 2007 until July 18, 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 July 1942
CountryUnited States of America
I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.
The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending.
The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people
There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't work.
The good news is that Congress has repealed the death tax, the bad news is the president says he's going to veto it, ... But the good news is Bill Clinton is not going to be president next year.
We face some very high hurdles, and negotiations will require a tremendous effort,
We're here in a debate with a vote coming that one wanted, but here it is,
Very few pundits are applauding, ... I just want to say I am one person who's applauding, and I will never ever forget what you've done. It may not be in an editorial, but it's sure as hell enshrined in my heart.
The people who are dragging American bodies (through Somalia) don't look very hungry to the people of Texas
The point that we're making is, if we're trying to raise the price of cigarettes to discourage smoking cigarettes that's one thing, but if we're raising taxes for tens of billions of dollars for spending, then why not give part of it back?
When this is over, the important thing will be whether we can say that we rendered impartial justice.
Thank God the economy is not as bad as you read in the newspaper every day.
It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.