James Quintero is the policy director for the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Government for the People campaign. Since joining the Foundation in 2008, Quintero has focused extensively on: state & local government spending, taxes, debt, public pension reform, annexation, and local regulations.
Who determines whether a drug is covered by insurance? Or if a drug is a “specialty drug”? Who puts the price on drugs? You might think it would be the drug manufacturers or pharmacies that determine these things. However, another entity has overstepped and is making a profit off of the system while patients are...
New civics schools on college campuses are attempting to recover what’s long been lost. Universities across the country, often with the help of state legislatures, are attempting to recover some of the actual purpose of higher education, with many doing so by establishing new civics schools on their campuses. The University of Texas at Austin, according to a new cover story from Texas Monthly, is experiencing a “conservative takeover”...
Editor’s Note: TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar recently spoke on Conservatism at the Oxford Union. Below are Greg’s prepared remarks. Madam President, honorable members of this House, distinguished opponents Mr. Madrid, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Malcolm, and Mr. Stern, and my colleagues on the Opposition benches: good evening. My opponents tonight have clad themselves in the armor of many of our...