Education

School Choice Tax Credit Saves Money in IL

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 28, 2008

An analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute of the Illinois Education Expense Tax Credit finds that an increase on the cap for that credit to $4,000 per child would…

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Education

Merit selection and education lawsuits

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 28, 2008

Our sister think tank, the Show Me Institute, has an interesting post on the intersection of merit selection of judges (i.e. the Missouri Plan) and education cases – namely…

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Health Care

RendellCare lobbyists push socialist pricing

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 27, 2008

The lobbyists charged with pushing RendellCare InsurePANow has fired off another missive advocating more of Rendell’s health care agenda. They tout a bill that they proclaim will “make insurance…

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State Budget

$100 Trillion Dollars in Debt!

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 27, 2008

John Goodman analyzes the latest report of unfunded Social Security and Medicare liabilities and come up with the grand total of $102 Trillion for the “infinite horizon” (after reducing…

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Taxes & Economy

Rendell pleads for more spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 27, 2008

Tony Phyrillas comments on Governor Rendell’s latest plea for legislators to borrow, tax, and spend more. Rendell claims that for a few dollars more, he can fix all our…

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Government Accountability

Merit Selection Not so Meritorious?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 26, 2008

Intriguing article in the Wall Street Journal on merit selection of judges, and John Grisham’s latest novel, (HT to PA Clean Sweep), that is timely given…

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Taxes & Economy

Higher Fuel Taxes Won’t Help Anything

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 26, 2008

John Hood editorial in Investor’s Business Daily on fuel taxes – pointing to both the absurd earmarks that the federal gas tax funds and the need to…

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Taxes & Economy

Tax Freedom Day for PA is April 21

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 26, 2008

The Tax Foundation released their annual report on Tax Freedom Day today. The national Tax Freedom day will be April 23 – the number of days it takes for…

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