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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Taxmageddon Cometh
On January 1, 2013, a dizzying array of tax cuts, deductions and exemptions are scheduled to expire. Estimates of the impact on a typical working class family range from between $1,750 and $3,800 in additional taxes next year alone.
The Exception That Does Not Prove the Buffett Rule
A closer examination suggests that Buffett and his secretary present an exceptional and perhaps questionable anecdote rather than a pattern.
Time for Ex-Im to Ex-it
The Export Import Bank is an example of moral hazard, and the law of unintended consequences.
Tax Competition is a Virtue
The United States should not to try to stifle international tax competition, but rather should get back in the game by lowering business tax rates and freeing U.S. businesses to compete internationally.
Who Is the Pig at the Trough of Energy Tax Breaks?
Acting Out on ACTA
ACTA should be judged on its merits, not on some false illegitimate-process charge created by opposition activists. And its merits are many.
Who Is the Pig at the Trough on Energy Tax Breaks?
Letter to Georgia House of Representatives Regarding UAF Elimination
Letter to Georgia House of Representatives Regarding UAF Elimination
Only the Latest Embarrassment from Mr. Geithner
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