Education

PA’s Prepaid Tuition Program Under Fire

  • September 1, 2009

State Treasurer Robert McCord announced yesterday he is delaying increased premiums on Pennsylvania’s Guaranteed Savings Plan, which allows parents to purchase college tuition credits at current prices and…

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Taxes & Economy

Rendell Retreats from Natural Gas Tax

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 1, 2009

Yesterday, Governor Rendell took another of his proposed taxes off the negotiating table. His announcement perfectly demonstrates the points made in my new commentary on…

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Health Care

Is Individual Mandate Worse than “Public Option”?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 1, 2009

Cato’s Michael Cannon has a commentary on the effects of an individual mandate to buy health insurance. His poster child is chief spokesman critic of Obama’s health care proposals,…

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State Budget

Call to Action: Budget Must Keep PA Competitive

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 31, 2009

The Pennsylvania Prosperity Project has a new action alert on the Pennsylvania budget, with a form to contact your legislators and ask lawmakers to “focus on making Pennsylvania competitive…

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Health Care

What’s Wrong with Medicare

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 31, 2009

Defenders of national health care proposals try to make the claim – in response to critics – that government-run health care is pretty good, citing Medicare (and Medicaid).  So what’s…

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