Pensions for pols to cost a bundle

  • November 24, 2006

From the Morning Call: Lawmakers’ pension payments differ greatly from the private sector, whichhas largely turned to ”defined contribution” retirement packages such as401(k)s, Koc said. In…

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Tax Burden Stifles Economic Growth

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 21, 2006

New NCPA Study examines the effect of an excessive tax burden on economic growth. The estimate the optimal level of federal, state, and local taxes should be about 23%…

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Rendell will explore leasing Pa. Turnpike

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 21, 2006

Following the Commonwealth Foundation’s forum on Public-Private Partnerships in Transporation Governor Rendell states that he is on board with exploring a lease of the PA Turnpike, according to the…

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Money Can’t Buy ‘em Learning

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 21, 2006

Andrew Coulson on over-spending and under-performing public schools. Coulson writes: So private schools get by with thousands of dollars less per pupil annually than the supposedly underfunded government system,…

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Freedom Man

  • November 18, 2006

Dr. Thomas Sowell, the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, eulogizes Milton Friedman in today’s Wall Street Journal.

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Leasing out turnpike could be $30B windfall

  • November 18, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story on the opportunity policymakers can consider in lieu of raising taxes and fees to pay for transportation infrastructure needs.

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