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Tom Giovanetti

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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.

Follow Tom on Twitter at @tgiovanetti

September 12, 2017

Swazi Farmers Brace for Life Without Their Sugar Daddy

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

With the EU set to lift caps on sugar production, African producers could be squeezed out of a market that has propped up places like Swaziland for years.

September 11, 2017

African Farmers Brace for Life Without Sweet Support From EU

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

More than 100 countries, from Cuba to India to Russia, produce sugar from sugarcane and sugar beet. Many of them are able to undercut the prices demanded by Swazi farmers, who receive no subsidies from their government, in markets such as West Africa and the Middle East.

September 5, 2017

Coalition Letter Regarding Civil Asset Forfeiture Amendments to CJS Appropriations

Coalition letter asking House Leaders for a vote on an Asset Forfeiture amendment to the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriation bill.

August 31, 2017

Trump's Tax Reform Accomplishment

There’s not even a bill on the table yet, but President Trump has already scored a historic accomplishment on tax reform.

August 17, 2017

Saving Money and Budgeting How-To: Smart Financial Practices

IPI expert referenced: Tom Giovanetti

One savings vehicle that just didn't get the job done was the government-sponsored myRA account. Existing alternatives to the myRA were superior because they allowed workers to invest in a variety of securities, while the myRA restricted investments to U.S. Treasuries," noted IPI in a commentary. "Treasuries are lousy retirement investments." 

August 17, 2017

Staving Off the Police State of the Future

Regardless of your political orientation, if we want to prevent the police state of the future, we must strongly oppose every incremental move that threatens our Fourth Amendment protections.

August 3, 2017

The Demise of myRA

We can say goodbye to the myRA program. But it won’t be the last time the federal government attempts to lure the American people into bailing out Washington’s unrestrained spending.

July 27, 2017

For a Congress in Need of Resuscitation, Email Privacy May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered

For a Congress floundering on health care and in need of proof that its dysfunction is not terminal, fixing our data privacy could be just what the doctor ordered.

July 24, 2017

Coalition Letter to Congress Urging the Overturn of CFPB Arbitration Rule

A coalition of 27 taxpayer protection and grassroots organizations urge Congress to invoke the Congressional Review Act to reverse a new CFPB rule preventing financial services companies from using arbitration to resolve customer disputes.

July 21, 2017

Coalition Letter Urging the President to End Illegal Obamacare Congressional Exemption

More than 30 national organizations, urge President Donald Trump to end the Obama-era’s illegal Congressional exemption from Obamacare.

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