Taxes & Economy
Free-market Gas Outshines Subsidized Solar
One news story highlights hundreds of jobs lost and millions of taxpayer dollars down the drain via corporate welfare. Another celebrates millions of new state revenue and free market job…
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Millions Blown in Border Bleed
It’s time for another look at common myths opponents use against getting the government out of the booze businesses. Find more myths debunked here and here. Myth #5:…
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Of Unions and “Limited Resources”
After a lament in the American Prospect about how the Left is being outmatched and left behind in state-based advocacy, now The Nation has chimed in with its…
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How Can Education Spending Be Going Up?
One educator wrote in response to our information on school spending, asking how we arrived at our figures. According to the PSEA, he noted, “funding HAS DECREASED under Mr.
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Your Pension Under the Governor’s Proposal
You may have seen PSEA materials showing your pension reduced significantly under Gov. Tom Corbett’s pension reform proposal. So what does the proposal really do? For most teachers, the “multiplier”…
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Taking Wind out of the Subsidy Sail
For years, you’ve heard conservatives say the wind power industry would be better off without government subsidies. But now even wind industry advocate and Tang Energy CEO Patrick Jenevin…
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Union Poured Member Dues into Defeating Liquor Privatization
They’re a familiar sight in the state Capitol, wearing mustard-colored T-shirts emblazoned with their union’s logo. Now the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported on how United Food and Commercial Workers…
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Common Core Questions, School Choice Answers
A new national school standard known as “Common Core” is fast becoming known for superseding state and local authority over public education curricula. Using cutting edge data collection and…
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Liquor Privatization: Good for Business (Except in Jersey)
Ending Pennsylvania’s government liquor monopoly has some folks worried…like liquor store owners in New Jersey. Writes Jason Laday of the South Jersey Times: At any given time, on…
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