Costing Out Study – Quick Numbers

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 15, 2007

I haven’t had a chance to look at the “costing out study” yet, which said we need spend $12,067 per-pupil to achieve an “adequate education” but here is the key…

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Thursday at 9 PM – Speaker Franklin Awards Dinner on PCN

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 15, 2007

PCN will air the Speaker Franklin Awards dinner – including speakers John Stossel, Ed Feulner, and Award recipient Richard Mellon Scaife – Thursday night at 9 pm. Future airings are…

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Pa. House Dems force out 7 top aides

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2007

The Bonus-Gate investigation has apparently claimed the jobs of several Pa. House Democratic staffers. Bill DeWeese isn’t saying much, other than in his press release: “As Majority…

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Don’t Look to Government to Cool Down the Planet

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 14, 2007

If you can’t make it to our dinner tonight in Pittsburgh, here is just a taste of what you are missing – John Stossel’s latest column on TownHall.com.

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Recipients of Corporate Welfare like Corporate Welfare

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 13, 2007

Shocking news release from the Governor’s Office: Businesses that Governor Rendell wants to give taxpayer grants to support Governor Rendell’s plan to give them taxpayer grants.

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States’ “Universal” Health Care plans not delivering

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 13, 2007

Mandates and government-run health insurance programs have failed to provide “universal health care” in Maine: Maine’s uninsured rate did not improve significantly between 2003 and 2006 despite…

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Cyber 101 Day

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 13, 2007

From the Reach Foundation: Cyber 101 day will be held next Tuesday in the Capitol. Lawmakers looking at proposals to limit funding for cyber shools (which represent less…

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America is still the land of Opportunity

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 13, 2007

A number of pundits on the left cite rising “income inequality” as a cause for alarm (and justification of new government programs). A new treasury department study reveals these claims…

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PA’s Debt: $110 Billion

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 13, 2007

In response to a question from one of our readers, here is a analysis of Pennsylvania state and local government outstanding debt (the latest data for local governments from the…

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