AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) today announced a new broadcast advertising campaign aimed at educating Texans about the importance of maintaining a fiscally conservative budget in Texas. The first phase of the campaign, undertaken as part of the Texans for a Conservative Budget coalition, consists of two 60-second advertisements – one featuring...
Press Release April 25, 2011“Rather than make additional difficult decisions that needed to be made, the Senate’s proposed budget exceeds the House’s by more than $12 billion and relies heavily on one-time measures to pay for the higher spending. This is not the kind of budget that voters in November elected lawmakers to write. “As we have noted in...
Press Release April 21, 2011AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation applauds the Texas House for its preliminary approval of House Bill 5 by Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, the Health Care Compact. “America’s health care crisis is not going to be solved by Washington, DC, but rather by getting those decisions out of DC and back to the people of...
Press Release April 20, 2011AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation celebrated today the launch of The Laffer Center for Supply-Side Economics, dedicated to preserving and promoting the core tenets of supply-side economics. The Laffer Center bears the name of Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, one of President Ronald Reagan’s chief economic advisors and a trusted advisor to federal officials,...
Press Release April 18, 2011The Texas Public Policy Foundation extends its condolences to the family of its former board chairman, Houston businessman William McMinn, who passed away on Monday. McMinn had a distinguished five-decade career in the petrochemical industry. He was president and chief executive officer of Cain Chemical and chairman of Arcadian Corporation and Texas Petrochemicals. He served...
Press Release April 14, 2011AUSTIN – With Tax Day 2011 just four days away, the release of a new study by Dr. Arthur Laffer, Dr. Wayne H. Winegarden, and John Childs underscores the importance of simplifying the U.S. tax code as a way to reduce the compliance costs of the tax burden, thereby boosting growth in the economy. Entitled...
Press Release April 14, 2011"The Texas House today strengthened the property rights protections in Senate Bill 18 by adopting the ‘buyback' and ‘public use' amendments. These amendments are essential to fixing Texas' Kelo problem once and for all, and we hope that the Texas Senate accepts them when the bill comes back across the rotunda. "The ‘buyback' amendment by...
Press Release April 13, 2011AUSTIN – Seven policy, business, and grassroots organizations have banded together to form Texans for a Conservative Budget, a coalition that will urge the Texas Legislature to approve a 2012-13 state budget that cuts non-essential programs, does not raise taxes or fees, and does not tap the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund. The coalition debuted at...
Press Release April 6, 2011“Last November, Texas voters sent a loud and unambiguous message that they wanted government to live within its means. Tonight, the Texas House delivered a budget bill for the next biennium that does just that. “As Chairman Jim Pitts noted, Texas has about $5 billion less in general revenue than it did two years ago...
Press Release April 3, 2011AUSTIN – Internationally renowned economist and Texas Public Policy Foundation Senior Fellow Dr. Arthur Laffer issued a research report today, entitled “Texas’ Fiscal Future,” that endorses the Texas House’s passage of CSHB 1, the proposed 2012-13 state budget it will debate tomorrow, and disputes the claim that Texas would lose hundreds of thousands of jobs...
Press Release March 31, 2011Statement by The Honorable Talmadge Heflin, Director of TPPF’s Center for Fiscal Policy: “Claims that adopting a 2012-13 state budget that is within existing revenues would decimate Texas’ economy misinterpret a central point in the Legislative Budget Board’s analysis. The negative 272 thousand change in jobs predicted for 2012 does not imply the state will...
Press Release March 24, 2011“One year ago, Congress completed one of the most audacious power grabs in our country’s history when it gave final approval to ObamaCare. The Texas Public Policy Foundation was a vocal critic of the ObamaCare proposal, as our research showed it would increase health care costs and medical price inflation, slow our national economy, and...
Press Release March 21, 2011