2016-17 & 2018-19 Texas Budgets v. Conservative Texas Budget

January 31, 2017

Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is an accomplished economist finding free-market solutions that let people prosper. He is founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting where he provides high-quality research and trusted insights on how to affect change at the federal, state, and local levels. Ginn’s experience includes time in public policy, government, and academia. He is chief economist at Pelican Institute for Public Policy and a senior fellow at several think tanks, including at Americans for Tax Reform, Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), and Young Americans for Liberty.

Both the 2016-17 and 2018-19 Texas budgets are in danger of exceeding the limits of the Conservative Texas Budget.

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2016-17 & 2018-19 Texas Budgets v. Conservative Texas Budget

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Vance Ginn, Ph.D.

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Vance Ginn, Ph.D.

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