The Texas Public Policy Foundation promotes itself – and has been promoted in various media outlets – as merely a conservative free market think tank. The group, founded by “school choice” advocate James Leininger of San Antonio, says its “mission is to promote and defend liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise in Texas and the […]
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Group of TPPF board members spent heavily against Texas House GOP leadership
by Scott on July 24, 2016 in Joe Straus, Politics, Schools, Tea Party, Texas
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Flashback: TPPF revised estimate in Texas budget growth down to 9% from nearly 30%
by Scott on June 30, 2016 in Economy, Joe Straus, Politics, Religion, Tea Party
Note: This story originally appeared in The Quorum Report in 2014 after the Texas Public Policy Foundation dramatically revised its analysis of the budget passed by the Legislature in 2013. The information here is worth considering after TPPF this week released its “Conservative Texas Budget.” Bottom line: Once the GOP primaries were concluded in 2014, […]
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