Private vs. Gov’t Response to Crisis
The News of Delaware County editorial poses an interesting question: “Would corporate America have handled last week’s Interstate 78 disaster any worse or better than Pennsylvania government officials?”…
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No reform of incumbent protection ads
Article on the Reform Panel’s debate on taxpayer-funded “Public Service Ads” (a.k.a. incumbent protection plans), from Capitolwire.com (subscription): Even after a former House majority leader blasted taxpayer-paid TV…
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Insurance mandates aren’t the answer
Greg Scandlen in Health Care News writes that health insurance mandates won’t solve the problem of uninsured. I also pointed out in that article that part of…
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Non-Union Jobs
Steve Jobs takes on the teachers unions, from WSJ.com.
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The Philadelphia Story
Paul Peterson in today’s Wall Street Journal on the success of privately-managed public schools in Philadelphia.
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Bonuses bump pensions
Beaver County Times & Allegheny Times reporter Alison Hawkes reveals that the bonus to legislative staffers has an impact on pension payouts! As Tim Potts is quoted as saying…
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Size of staff salaries surprise, but disclosing them is the important thing
Morning Call editorial on the legislative staff salaries… The question isn’t so much whether these staffers earn their pay as itis who decides, and what the decisions…
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Liquor system ripe for privatizing
Patriot News Editorial calls for privatizing of state liquor stores: “In proposing the turnpike lease, the governor has called the 537-mile highway an invaluable asset whose full value…
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CEO Rankings of States
Chief Executive Magazine released its survey of CEOs, which ranks the 50 states (and DC) in terms of business friendliness. Pennsylvania ranks a dreary 37th (down ten spots from…
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