CSSB 69 Testimony before the Texas Senate Committee on Finance

April 3, 2019

Vance Ginn, Ph.D.

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.

The Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 69 appropriately puts in statute a lower sufficient fund balance for the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) but inappropriately risks some taxpayer dollars in the ESF to chase higher returns.

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