Taxes & Economy

A Severance Tax “Like Other States”? Not so fast

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 17, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf and special interest groups continue to insist Pennsylvania needs to enact a severance tax because “other states have one.” This, of course, ignores the fact that Pennsylvania…

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Wolf Wrong About Pensions & Downgrades

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 14, 2015

Over the past week, Gov. Tom Wolf has been defending his vetoes of the state budget, pension reform, and liquor privatization, noting that rating agencies have been downgrading Pennsylvania’s…

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State Budget

Wolf Truth Squad: Property Tax Relief Now

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 14, 2015

In a Patriot News story, Gov. Wolf’s spokesman Jeff Sheridan commented on need for immediate “property tax relief”—comments that don’t jibe with Gov. Wolf’s actual budget proposal. “Pennsylvanians don’t need property…

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State Budget

Audio: Severance Tax Hurts All

  • Jonathan Reginella
  • July 13, 2015

Nearly two weeks into the new fiscal year, and Pennsylvania is still without a budget after Gov. Wolf vetoed the Republicans’ proposal last month.   The governor, whose own­…

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Education

America Works (On Misleading the Public)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 13, 2015

America Works USA, an affiliate of the union-funded Democratic Governors Association, recently launched an ad campaign in support of Gov. Wolf’s effort to raise taxes on middle-…

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Gov. Wolf’s False Facts on Facebook

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • July 10, 2015

Governor Tom Wolf made it clear that he didn’t like anything in the budget that the General Assembly put on his desk on June 30—even though it mirrored about…

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Regulation

Wolf Repeating Same Mistakes of the Past

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 9, 2015

Earlier this week, we pointed out how Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto of liquor privatization—using talking points from union leaders to justify his action—didn’t make much sense. Wolf’s reasoning…

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Education

When Desperation Sets In

  • James Paul
  • July 9, 2015

This is what desperation looks like. Gov. Tom Wolf recently visited Downingtown Area School District and claimed the no-tax-increase budget he recently vetoed “includes only $8 million…

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Taxes & Economy

Reprehensible

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 9, 2015

In the Philadelphia Inquirer earlier this week, Gov. Tom Wolf uses strong rhetoric about his desire for a large severance tax increase.  The governor responded by calling it…

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