Taxes & Economy

Saving is Good for the Economy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 14, 2009

The Freeman, the monthly publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, has a good article on the ridiculous economic argument that savings is bad for the economy.  This…

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Regulation

Constitutionality of PA Dog Law Upheld

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 14, 2009

A federal court ruled last week that Pennsylvania’s new “dog law”, enacted last year does not violated Constitutional protections against unwarranted search and seizure: U.S. District Judge Sylvia…

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Government Accountability

Recaps of 9/12 March on DC

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 13, 2009

Here is some coverage of 9/12 protest in Washington DC from Pennsylvania (and some national) bloggers and attendeed: PA WaterCooler has a photo essay from John Lewandowski, who went…

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Government Accountability

CF Blog Roundup

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 13, 2009

Here are some of the most recent Commonwealth Foundation citations from Pennsylvania blogs: Capitol Ideas gives us some linkage on health care reform and on flying cars. GrassrootsPA…

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Government Accountability

Follow PA Lawmakers and Politics on Twitter

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 11, 2009

I recenlty learned of a tool – not sure if it is new or not – to compile lists of Twitter users that anyone can follow with a single click. …

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Education

The Right Direction

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 11, 2009

A colleague of mine suggests that the budget deal (see our grade of the budget agreement) is better than we say it is,…

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State Budget

Which New Taxes are Coming for Pennsylvania?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 11, 2009

The new Pennsylvania state budget “deal”, which House Democrats, Senate Republicans, and Senate Democrats have agreed to – but which House Republicans have disavowed and Gov. Rendell has not signed…

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State Budget

PA Senate GOP Caving on Tax Hikes?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 10, 2009

John Micek reports that there may be a compromise coming in the Pennsylvania state budget, but surprisingly (to me) it is not the $27.5 billion plan outlined by…

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Taxes & Economy

A Failure of Government

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 10, 2009

The Institute of Economic Affairs in Britain has a new paper on the role of government in economic contractions in the United States, noting the interventions policies of Hoover…

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