$150,000 LCB post for retired legislator

  • December 13, 2006

Philadelphia Inquirer reports on another public “servant” landing a cushy taxpayer-funded job…and one that was created for him!…

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How do state taxes effect entrepreneurship?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 11, 2006

A report by the SBA Office of Advocacy looks at state taxes and the effect on entrepreneurship (measure as the number of sole proprietors). While much of their analysis…

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Colin McNickle on the PNC welfare

  • December 10, 2006

In the 1980s and 90s, stories about “welfare queens” using tax dollars to buy Cadillacs led to a major overhaul of welfore in the mid-1990s. Maybe PNC’s role as a…

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School districts’ pension tab to rise

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 9, 2006

Charles Thompson reports in the Patriot News that school districts’ contributions to the pension system is going to rise by about $94 million next year. That is minor compared…

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Specter gets GOP back on track

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 8, 2006

Sports Illustrated reports that Arlen Specter is trying to push the GOP back to the founding father’s principles of government, such as ensuring access to TV coverage of football.

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What about those with spending problems?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 8, 2006

The Post-Gazette reports that the hotline for problem gamblers has now opened. The irony of legalizing gambling to (in part) fund services for problem gamblers isn’t lost on me,…

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State of the Unions

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 7, 2006

Stephen Moore in the Wall Street Journal on the Washington State case on whether workers are entitled to refuse union fees that will be used for political activity. The…

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