Health Care

The Great Health Care Debate

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 15, 2008

Bob Moffit of Heritage writes that we are at a crossroads in health care in term of the difference between McCain and Obama’s proposals.   The Commonwealth Foundation has said…

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Taxes & Economy

“The Great Depression II”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 15, 2008

As most movie sequels are dwarfed by the original, so too does the rhetoric about the US sitting on the precipice of “another Great Depression” over-hype the current situation, and…

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State Budget

Capitol Domes: Fiscal Cliff Ahead

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 15, 2008

The Central Penn Business Journal launched Capitol Domes today (subscribe to the feed here), a new blog  featuring Matt Brouillette and Rock the Capital’s Eric Epstein.  Brouillette’s…

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Government Accountability

Heritage on ACORN

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 15, 2008

The Heritage Foundation has a post today giving an informative primer on ACORN and how it gets it money.

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Taxes & Economy

The Case for Corporate Tax Cuts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 14, 2008

The NCPA has a short primer on why the US (and Pennsylvania) should cut corporate tax rates. The US has the 2nd highest (to Japan) combined corporate tax rate. …

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Government Accountability

Buckeye Institute files Rico suit against ACORN

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 14, 2008

Our sister think tank in Ohio has filed a RICO suit (i.e. for organized crime) against ACORN for voter fraud.  The full complaint is here. Since stories…

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Anatomy of a Train Wreck

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 14, 2008

The Independent Institute has a new report on the causes of the mortgage meltdown: This report concludes that, in an attempt to increase home ownership, particularly by…

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