Chuck DeVore is the vice president of national initiatives at the Foundation. He writes about the economy and how energy, tax and regulatory policies influence general prosperity, and he frequently appears on Fox News. He also guides the Foundation’s growing national work in criminal justice reform. He authored the book The Texas Model: Prosperity in the Lone Star State and Lessons for America.
The Texas Model
The 2017 annual report "Above & Beyond" highlights the Texas Public Policy Foundation's impact, outreach, and finances in 2017. 2017 TPPF Annual Report by texaspolicy on Scribd
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.
The reason people are flirting with the idea of socialism is simply that the costs of healthcare and housing are too high and Congress is not solving it. Those in power get the blame. With the seeming internal take-over of the Democratic Party by the Democratic Socialists of America, the promises of quick fixes by...