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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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.
Coalition Urges Senate Republicans to Reject Democrat Antitrust Trap
Coalition letter in opposition to the Senate Democrat plans to pass a package of European-style antitrust regulations.
Raising Taxes on the Most Disadvantaged Americans
The lower your household income, the more likely you are to be a smoker. Doubling the tax on cigarettes suggests Democrats aren’t quite as concerned about economic disparities and equity as they claim.
Democrats' Plan to Tax the Poor
If you are a cigarette smoker, you are likely a low-income, poorly educated member of a minority community—and the Democrats want to raise your taxes.
The $3.5 Trillion Tax and Spending Proposal Will Hurt the Economy and Our Politics
You shouldn’t be able to ram through massive policy changes without a solid mandate from the voters, which Democrats definitely do not have.
Coalition Letter in Opposition to Democrat Tax Hikes Being Pushed in the Reconciliation Legislation
Coalition letter of over 120 center-right organizations, activists, and state lawmakers in opposition to the numerous tax hikes on American families and businesses included in the $3.5 trillion tax-and spend reconciliation proposal.
The Very Convenient and Entirely Coincidental Tax Gap Report
The “tax gap” is an exaggerated excuse to further empower the IRS and to erode the personal financial privacy of American taxpayers.
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