Governments in Texas duplicate many of the commercial services sold by the private sector; for use in their own operations and sold to taxpayers. State and local governments are now in the business of selling electric power, providing internet service, processing solid waste, operating toll-roads, running print shops, managing vehicle fleets, dispensing information technology, and vending a plethora of other services. It is estimated government competition accounts for nearly $20 billion dollars annually, the equivalent of three percent of the gross state product. The business of government has disastrous impact on the state economy and all taxpayers.
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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.
April 4, 2018