Gramm

Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm is raking in $MILLIONS from UBS and other financial firms – after running the US Economy off the cliff and causing enormous misery.

Matthew Yglesias » The Looming Public Pension Disaster 2010

In addition to the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act of 1999, Phil Gramm is responsible for the equally notorious Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, which kept credit default swaps, like those that necessitated the bailout of AIG, from being regulated at all. joe from Lowell says:

Matthew Yglesias » Myths of 1996 2010

Phil Gramm is the one who's most culpable for our economic downturn.

CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats 2009

Wendy Gramm is listed as a distinguished senior scholar at George Mason University's Mercatus Center, but a spokeswoman for the center, Catherine Behan, said Gramm is not active there.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission judge says colleague biased against complainants David S. Hilzenrath 2010

Do you honestly believe John "Phil Gramm is my pal" McCain would know what to do with the economy?

Talks break down, intra-party tension heats up for House Democrats 2009

Phil Gramm is video taped saying that "we have sort of become a nation of whiners" and that the country is in a "mental recession" (Ironically, Gramm himself was whining when he made these remarks and quite obviously not running on all cylinders in the mental department either)!

Archive 2008-07-01 2008

Phil Gramm is a very bright and well educated man.

Gramm Steps Down From McCain Camp - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Gramm is more outspoken than McCain but both are simply out of touch with the real world where earnings have lagged behind inflation over the past 8 years - What a coincidence!

A Week of Malaise and Many Gaffes - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Meanwhile, Gramm is refusing to back down from his comments, though he is trying to clarify their meaning.

Gramm-Flap, Hour Eight - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Phil Gramm is video taped saying that "we have sort of become a nation of whiners" and that the country is in a "mental recession" (Ironically, Gramm himself was whining when he made these remarks and quite obviously not running on all cylinders in the mental department either)!

Belarus to McCain: What did we do to deserve this?? 2008