Rendell to weigh turnpike funding
The Patriot News reports that Governor Rendell will announce his views on leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike. We at the Commonwealth Foundation maintain that Public-Private Parternships are the key to…
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Tax relief is illusion, panel says
The Morning Call reports on the phenomenon that is occuring all across Pennsylvania as school boards are forced to consider tax shifting. One member of the Northampton…
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National Health Care? We’re Halfway There
New York Times article highlights that fact that almost half of all Americans are covered by government health care (through Medicare, Medicaid and related program, and government employee’s health…
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Critic: Select house leader openly
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article on the need for transparency in leadership elections.
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Amtrak service between Philly, Harrisburg trying to improve on ‘beyond pathetic’
The Morning Call reports that the $145 million taxpayer grant to Amtrak for “high speed rail.” Not only was this project not worth the benefit (See here), but…
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Increasing Dependence on Government
In a new report, the 2006 Index of Dependency, the Heritage Foundation concludes that Americans are growing increasingly dependent on government in the areas of housing, health care, education,…
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‘Moderate,’ from a liberal’s perspective
Dimitri Vassilaros of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reminds us of how those who fought for Independence and against slavery and for women’s suffrage were not moderates, but “extremists”. But that’s…
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Kid’s coverage shortfalls
Stateline.org reports that many states Children’s Health Insurance Programs (S-CHIP) face multi-million dollar shortfalls, and hope that the federal government will bail them out. The article notes that states…
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Can 600 economists all be wrong?
Greg Mankiw blogs on some economists “support” for a minimum wage increase. Some economists see the “modest benefits” outweighing the “modest adverse affects”. But unlike Governor Rendell and his…
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