Tom Giovanetti is president of the Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI), a 38-year-old conservative, free-market public policy “think tank” based in Dallas, Texas.
In addition to his administrative and fundraising duties, Tom writes for IPI and for leading publications on a variety of policy topics including tax policy, economic growth, self-government, civil liberties and constitutional protections, judicial supremacy, intellectual property, Social Security personal accounts, technology and Internet policy, and 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 writes often for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Tom frequently appears in the media and is a regular guest and occasional substitute host of the Mark Davis Show in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
Tom loves thinking out-of-the-box to design novel solutions to policy problems and explaining complicated policy issues in ways average folks can understand.
Tom's mission at IPI is to use issues to teach conservative, free market thinking and to push back against unprincipled populism. He seeks to encourage continued skepticism of Big Government, to maintain faith in markets, and to defend individual liberty as the best means of achieving human flourishing. His most recent work has focused on free market solutions to student loan debt, preserving online freedom, and persuading state legislatures to override local and municipal rules 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), and represented IPI during negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Mr. Giovanetti is a popular speaker and writer and testifies before state and federal legislative committees on a variety of topics.
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Needlessly Reducing Supply Risks Another Power Grid Failure
Because the Texas grid is largely unconnected to other regional grids, it is doubly important that Texas has an abundant portfolio of energy sources to ensure adequate supply.
Coalition Warns of BBB's Impact on Drug Competition
It's Official: 2017 Tax Cuts Helped Low- and Middle-Income Earners Most
While Republicans in 2017 gave low- and middle-income earners a big tax cut, Democrats are now planning to do the same for the wealthy.
Coalition letter Opposing Gigi Sohn's Nomination to the FCC
If confirmed, Sohn would work to instill policies that would crush innovation, silence conservative speech, and eviscerate intellectual property protections.
Coalition Letter Opposing Proposed Changes to Roth IRAs
Biden’s IRA changes are a direct assault on middle class retirement savers from every generation – including Millennials, small business owners, middle-aged families, and retirees.
Democrats' Massive Tax Cut for the Wealthy
Contrary to their “working class” rhetoric, the Democrats really are transforming into the party of the wealthy elites. They will spend $15 billion for the working poor, $130 billion on health care, but a whopping $475 billion on a tax cut for the wealthy.
Coalition Letter in Opposition to Unnecessary Wind and Solar Subsidies
It is clear that the industries that rely upon these tax credits are mature and no longer in need of generous Federal support and it is time for lawmakers to allow the solar and wind industries to sink or swim on their own merits.
Expressing Concern RE: S.2428, the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021
Politically, this legislation seems to be animated by a desire to control healthcare costs; in this case making it easier to sue and to collect judgments from healthcare providers.
It's Impossible to Accurately Tax an Unrealized Gain
Democrats in Congress don’t seem to realize that it’s impossible to accurately tax an unrealized gain, because real value is determined by market transactions convening a willing buyer and a willing seller. Without a transaction, the value of the taxed asset would be determined arbitrarily, and by whom?
Coalition Letter Opposing IRS Financial Reporting Requirement
Caolition letter in opposition to the proposed new reporting regime to have the IRS collect the account inflows and outflows for bank, loan, and investment accounts as well as Venmo, CashApp, and PayPal accounts.
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