HJR 10 & HB 20 Testimony before the Texas House Committee on Appropriations

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.

House Joint Resolution 10 and its enabling legislation House Bill 20 would create a new Texas legacy fund with some dollars in the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) used to attempt to gain a higher return on taxpayer money and allocate the returns to unnecessarily grow government.

View Full Publication

Vance Ginn, Ph.D.

Related content

Restoring Private Property Rights: Regulatory Takings

Hijacked: How the Bond Process is Being Used Against Taxpayers

When Government Lobbies Itself: Why Texas Should Ban Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying