How much for PHEAA?
If Sallie Mae is worth $25 Billion, PHEAA (which has about 1/10th the assets as Sallie Mae and about 1/20th the gross revenue) could be worth between $1.7 billion…
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Nepotism at Turnpike Commission
Tom Barnes in the Post-Gazette with a great story on nepotism and patronage at the Turnpike Commission. Rather than deny political favoritism in hiring (as they did last…
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Tax subsidies needed to pay min. wage?
I missed this story in the Philadelphia Inquirer last week. State Rep. (and Philadelphia mayoral candidate) Dwight Evans is working to get $820 million in state subsidy for the…
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More “whoops” with RomneyCare
Massachusetts will now exempt about 60,000 people from the “mandate” to buy health insurance, The Boston Globe reports. Those people earn too much to qualify for state subsidy, but…
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HSA Guide for Legislators
A Guide for State Legislators: Creating an HSA State from the Center for Health Transformation. Also, Greg Scandlen of Consumers for Health Care Choices offers these suggested additions:…
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Privately Managed Schools in Philly Gain
A new report by Paul Peterson at Harvard indicates that privately managed schools in Philadelphia had greater gains in PSSA scores than overall public schools and than “restructured” schools…
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The Act 1 farce
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial on the Act 1, the so-called property tax relief law. Also the Patriot News has coverage of districts joining with the Pennsylvania Taxpayers Cyber…
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Survey of Attitudes on Taxes
The Tax Foundation’s latest survey of attitudes towards taxes came out today. The results will shock you. The number of people saying taxes are “too low” doubled since last…
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Pennsylvania needs a spending limit
Press Enterprise Editorial on the Taxpayer Protection Act.
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