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Indiana has benefited from toll road lease
An anonymous comment on a recent post accused me of not mentioning the Indiana Toll Road deal because it was “not so good, a bad move”. Of course, we…
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Does the public control the Turnpike?
TOLLROADSnews.com comments on the Wall Street Journal frontpage article on the PA Turnpike lease. But it’s the last couple of paragraphs that smash yet another Turnpike Commission myth…
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Thomas Jefferson: Blogger
While I thought we had the most influential blog around (or at least number 7), this Jefferson guy from Charlottesville seems to be quoted quite a bit.
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How Do You Define “American-Made”?
Mark Perry poses the question about how you define “American-made” cars. Does it depend on where the car was assembled? Where the corporate headquarters is? What percentage of the…
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Transparency: A Priority in the Senate?
In early July, the State Treasurer’s office revealed the new PA Contracts e-Library as required by the recent Open Records law. The database posts government contracts and grants in…
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Pennsylvania could become policy innovator with turnpike lease
The Wall Street Journal had a fairly lengthy cover story on the proposal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Among the points addressed 1) Other states are looking to PA…
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Even The Mere Threat Of Drilling Will Bring Down The Price Of Oil
Don Chance has an editorial on IBDeditorials.com on how drilling now – or even threatening to – will reduce price of oil immediately. Essentially it encourages those storing oil…
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Should 18 year-olds be allowed to drink (legally)?
A large group of college presidents have launched an initiative to lower the legal drinking age from 21 to18. Their argument is that 18 to 21 year…
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He’s not Santa Claus
The Herald Standard has an editorial about all of Governor Rendell’s taxpayer-funded “gifts” to Pennsylvania. While they don’t claim that any of these expenditures are misguided (though we pull…
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