Turnpike Commission Loves P3s
They Mon-Fayette Expressway, which the Turnpike Commission promised to complete in order to get their sweetheart deal passed, will like be built using a public-private partnership. Chris Buckley has…
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Campaign Finance Reform Gone Haywire
This story from the Wall Street Journal (hat tip to Tony Phyrillas) illustrates exactly why campaign donation limits are a meaningless reform. Unfortunately, this is the same type…
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What is the worst part of transportation funding scheme?
As both Congressman Peterson and John Micek have pointed out, the PA Turnpike Commission has a new website touting I-80 tolls, with a silly push-poll asking –…
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Investigation into Bonus-Gate heats up
Post-Gazette reports the the AG’s office has seized records on House Democratic staffers to see if bonuses were tied to campaign work. They are apparently also investigating Mike Veon…
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Public vs. Private: Rebuilding New Orleans
USA Today article on the rebuilding in New Orleans – noting that rebuilding efforts funding by private entrepreneurs and philanthropists are done faster and better than anything funded by…
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Ripping Off Taxpayers, Pennsylvania Style
Richard Vedder of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity weighs in on the PHEAA bonuses. Vedder’s book Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much is…
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PHEAA’s solution to bonus furor: pay raises
PHEAA’s solution to bonus furor: pay raises – from the Post-Gazette.
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What Americans Think about Their Schools
Results of a survey on public education and school choice is featured in the latest Education Next. Some of the findings I found interesting: School vouchers are generally viewed…
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The SCHIP Open
AEI paper on the many flaws of proposed SCHIP expansion, primarily that it provides “Hidden Incentives for States to Spend Federal Funds,” driving up the costs to taxpayers by…
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