"State lawmakers have also raided gas tax for non-road purposes beyond those allowed in the Texas Constitution. According to the Texas Public Policy Foundation, 47 percent of the state gasoline tax is diverted to non-road uses."
Veritas April 2018
This issue of Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features solutions to correctly measure poverty, introduces the Texas Prosperity Promise, explores whether free college is a good idea, a farewell from our CEO Brooke Rollins, an introduction of Lieutenant Colonel Allen West and the Booker T. Washington Initiative, and recaps the 2018 Policy Orientation and Visionaries Meeting.