Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Candidate Survey

  • March 30, 2010

The Commonwealth Foundation asked each of the candidates in the May primary for Pennsylvania Governor to answer a series of 20 questions about state economic and fiscal policy.  Answers…

Press Release

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Regulation

PA Gives Shyamalan $35 Million Tax Break

  • March 30, 2010

Despite the reduction in the Film Tax Credit (which does little to generate economic growth) M. Night Shyamalan’s latest production, The Last Airbender received over $35 million (over multiple…

Media

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State Budget

Debating Taxes on Services

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 30, 2010

The New York Times has a piece on expanding state sales taxes to cover many services, with a specific focus on Pennsylvania. The articles focus primarily on the “modernization”…

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Taxes & Economy

Which Sectors are Adding Jobs in Pennsylvania?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 30, 2010

As reported earlier, Pennsylvania lost an estimated 16,000 jobs in February.  Over the past year, the total jobs lost in the state adds to up about 141,000 (272,000 over…

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Regulation

Still Not Easy Being Green for PA Taxpayers

  • March 29, 2010

In 2005, CF advised against passing Gov. Rendell’s Growing Greener II initiative because far better alternatives than increasing Pennsylvania’s debt load could have been used to save farmlands and…

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Education

Rhetoric vs. Reality on Higher Ed

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 29, 2010

I got an email alert from Student PIRGs with the lead in, “College just got less expensive.” Really, that happened? Did anyone notice? Uh no. What they meant is…

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