State Budget

Where does your legislator stand on raising taxes?

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 30, 2009

This email was just sent to your state Senators and Representatives… Stay tuned!_______ June 30, 2009 Dear Senator/Representative: President Barack Obama said, “In an economy…

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Health Care

Response to ObamaCare Infomercial

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 30, 2009

The Cato Institute has a video, point-by-point response to Obama’s informercial on his health care reform plan.

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Taxes & Economy

The Real Effect of Rendell’s Taxes on Small Business

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 30, 2009

While Gov. Rendell continues his propaganda campaign for higher taxes (see WGAL for a related news story on the thousands Rendell has spent in taxpayer funds lobbying for more…

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Education

More Dollars is Not Producing More Scholars

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 30, 2009

A new report from the Math Science Partnership of Greater Philadelphia on Pennsylvania school performance (specifically the 11th grade PSSAs) across school districts finds that: Demographic factors (residents with…

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Taxes & Economy

Cap and Trade is a Rip-off

  • June 29, 2009

The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clearâ€?, said President Obama, speaking definitively on the issue of climate change, as he usually does with other issues he wants…

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Regulation

Has Gambling Reduced Property Taxes?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 29, 2009

In a press conference last week, Gov. Rendell patted himself on the back for all the property tax relief he has provided via gambling.  But John Delano of KDKA-TV in…

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Health Care

Residents: RomneyCare a Failure

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 29, 2009

Rasmussen polling finds that only 26% of Massachusetts residents think the health care reform in that state was a “success”, compared with 37% calling in a failure. The…

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State Budget

Rendell’s “Pay the Inmates, not the Guards” Strategy

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 26, 2009

The Morning Call’s John Micek has a follow-up article to yesterday’s revelation that inmates would be getting paid while the guards would not during the current budget impasse.

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