Taxpayer Protection Act Introduced
Senator Regola news release on the introduction of the Taxpayer Protection Act in legislation. Read the Commonwealth Foundation’s news release on protecting the taxpayer.
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Mass Transit P3s
A new example of how competitive contracting for mass transit services can work is the recent Houston partnership for four bus lines. More examples can be found in…
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Underpaid Public Servants?
Jan Murphy of the Patriot News provides an analysis of the highest paying jobs in state government. A total of 3,042 employees on the state payroll earn over $100,000…
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Why are people uninsured?
CAHI brief looks at why people are uninsured and what policies can reduce the number of uninsured. These include individual tax credits, limited benefit plans, eliminating mandatory benefits, allowing…
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Pork Goes to War
New York Times editorial by Tom Schatz of CAGW on the pork included in the “emergency” bill for troop funding. Included in the list of pork is…
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Later Tax Freedom Day
The Tax Foundation released their annual Tax Freedom Day® Report yesterday. The bad news: it will take Pennsylvanians 117 days to pay off their taxes, making our Tax Freedom…
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Perzel v. Benefield on Turnpike
Speaker Emeritus Perzel thinks we should add more taxpayer-backed debt to fund road repairs, while I argue that a Turnpike lease is better than the bevy of tolls and debt…
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Exception turns into rule for property tax increases
So much for protecting property taxpayers. The Patriot-News looks at the numbe of districts applying for exemptions to Act 1. Turns out 210 of the 501 school districts have…
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Duquesne law professor under fire
Duquesne law professor Bruce Ledewitz (website) has been a harsh critic of the PA court system, including criticizing the Supreme Court ruling to reinstate their own pay-raise, and…
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