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About the Foundation
The Texas Public Policy Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan research institute guided by the core principles of individual liberty, personal responsibility, private property rights, free markets and limited government.
The Foundation’s mission is to improve Texas
by generating academically sound research
and data on state issues, and by recommending the
findings to opinion leaders, policymakers, the media
and general public.
Learn more about the Foundation in our video, Ideas Into Action.
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Highlighted Research
| Are Texas Universities Making the Grade in Accountability? | | Improving Higher Education Transparency |
| By improving transparency, policymakers will be better able to discover problems and enact solutions to make the system of higher education more cost-efficient while providing greater value to higher education customers. |
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| Fiscal Policy | | 81st Legislative Session in Review |
| A review of the 81st Texas Legislature’s work on tax and expenditure limits, spending and budget appropriations, financial transparency, and tax reform and tax cuts.
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| Education Policy | | 81st Legislative Session in Review |
| A review of the 81st Texas Legislature’s work on school choice, teacher compensation and certification, school accountability, financial transparency, and preschool in Texas. |
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| Energy & Environment | | 81st Legislative Session in Review |
| A review of the 81st Texas Legislature’s work on air quality, governance, and water rights in Texas. |
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| Economic Freedom | | 81st Legislative Session in Review |
| A review of the 80th Texas Legislature’s work on property rights, homeowners' and windstorm insurance, electricity and renewable energy, civil justice, telecommunications, and financial regulation. |
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| Health Care Policy | | 81st Legislative Session in Review |
| A review of the 81st Texas Legislature’s work on the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Medicaid, private health insurance, and health care regulations. |
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Visit the Publications section for all of our reports.
| Latest Commentaries
 Health Care Reform Should Empower Patients, Not Government
The proposals coming from Washington, D.C., put federal bureaucrats in charge of health care decisions, the fast track to government-run health care. A better approach, rooted in principles of individual freedom and choice, would provide patients with greater access to treatments and medical providers, and less interference from insurance companies, bureaucrats, and politicians. |
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 The Obama Plan and Your Health Care
As Washington tries to lead the nation down the pied piper path toward government-run health care, it is incumbent on the people to examine the promises versus the reality. |
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 Federal Aid Overtakes State Revenue
A worrisome article that appeared recently in USA Today points out that federal aid has now surpassed the sales, property, and income tax as the biggest revenue generator for the states. |
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 Texas' New Energy Taxes
Next time gasoline prices jump, or electricity rates are going through the roof, or we find ourselves paying more for less car, we could do what everyone else does and blame the market. But whatever we do, we shouldn’t ask questions. After all, what we don’t know won’t hurt us. |
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Unemployment Stimulus is No Free Lunch
Some people equate federal dollars to the states to supplement state unemployment insurance (UI) programs with a free meal that should be enjoyed for as long, and often, as possible. The reaction to governors who question the efficacy of the recent stimulus package – most notably Texas Gov. Rick Perry – is simply the latest example of this mistaken belief. |
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More commentaries are found in the Newsroom.
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Recent Press Releases
| Foundation: Cap-and-trade would devastate Texas economy | | White: Legislation would “single Texans out for disproportionate punishment” |
 Approval of HR 2454, the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” scheduled for debate today in the U.S. House of Representatives, would be a major step toward dismantling America’s economic engine, according to the Texas Public Policy Foundation. |
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