Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a conservative, free-market public policy research organization based in Dallas, Texas.
In addition to his administrative duties, Tom writes for IPI and for leading publications on a variety of policy topics including taxes and economic growth, self-government and the Founders' design, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supremacy, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, technology and Internet policy, and out-of-control government spending. In addition to being regularly published in major outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, FoxNews.com and The Dallas Morning News, Tom has a regular column in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tom frequently appears in the media and is a fill-in host for the Mark Davis Show in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
Tom's passion is encouraging conservative voters and organizations to remain skeptical of Big Government, maintain faith in markets, and defend individual liberty as the best means of achieving human flourishing. His most recent work has focused on free-market solutions to the student debt issue, preserving freedom of speech online, and persuading state legislatures to override local and municipal policies that restrict economic liberty.
Mr. Giovanetti has represented IPI at many national and international organizations, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) the World Health Organization (WHO) and represented IPI during trade agreement negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
Mr. Giovanetti is a popular speaker and writer, and also testifies before state and federal legislative committees on a variety of topics.
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Coalition Letter in Support of Mileage-Based User Fees for Highway Funding
Increasing the reliance of the Highway Trust Fund on revenue streams untethered from use, as well as general fund bailouts, would not only fail to address the core fiscal challenges of the present, it would threaten the future health of America’s highways.
Testimony Before the State Affairs Committee Texas House of Representatives Regarding Utility Pole Access
Testimony regarding HB 1505 that creates a system to fairly allocate the costs of replacing utility poles without making it unnecessarily costly to roll out broadband.
Even in a Pandemic, Here Is a Tax That Texas Republicans Can Cut
It’s time for Texas legislators to cut the video franchise fee. It is paid by Texas video customers and makes their bills higher than necessary. For 16 years Texas consumers have been footing the bill for a political payoff.
Everything Is Seemingly Spinning Out of Control
In FY2020, federal revenues were $3.42 trillion, but federal spending was $6.5 trillion. In other words, the federal government spent almost TWICE what it took in. That’s not sustainable.
Coalition Letter Addressing the Homework Gap through the E-Rate Program
How Much Is a $15 Minimum Wage Worth? It Depends on Where You Live
The biggest problem with a federal minimum wage is that the cost of living varies widely from state-to-state, and between cities and rural areas.
Who Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich? Democrats!
Republicans are supposed to be the party that is always cutting taxes for the wealthy, but in promising to eliminate the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT), this time it’s Democrats promising a tax cut for the rich.
A Spectrum of Free-Market Success
Perhaps no federal official in recent memory has managed to demonstrate the superiority of property rights and free markets as well as Chairman Pai.
Even in Blue States, Voters Chose Economic Liberty
Voters across America voted to protect their economic liberty, to reject tax increases, and to reject limits on worker flexibility and freedom.
Coalition Letter Regarding Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB),
The importance of promoting and protecting America’s patent system is clear -– and so too is the need for Congress to defend the many strides the Trump administration has taken to restore balance in the patent system.
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