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Taxpayers burdened by legislative greed in pension decisions
Daily Review Editorial on the Looming Crisis in state pension plans.
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Teacher strikes: Unions mask cowardice with bully tactics
Simon Campbell, of Stop Teacher Strikes, Inc. editorial in the Bucks County Courier Times…
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The Myth of Ethanol
Consumer Reports’ article finds that government mandates to use ethanol and new E85 cars – intended to create “energy independence” – has instead increased consumption of gasoline. The main…
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Why Are Health Costs Rising?
NCPA Analysis on why health care cost have been escalating. The primary conclusion – third party payers drive up cost. However, when consumers of health care pay the bills…
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Public Health Insurance in Canada Financially Unsustainable
Canada’s model of government paid health care is unstainable, according to a Fraser Institute Report.
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Swann Tax Cuts
A report from the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center on the revenue losses from Lynn Swann’s proposed tax cuts would seem to cast doubt on our projections. There…
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Hershey changes pensions to cut costs
While the Hershey Company continues to make defined-benefit pension reforms to remain competitive, we’ve got a union-backed group in Harrisburg lobbying for HIGHER defined-benefit pension costs on taxapyers.
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EDITORIAL | Taxpayers lose in Pa. pension gamble
We hate to have to say “We told you so.” So we won’t. But we’ll let the Chambersburg Public Opinion do it. 🙂 “The stock market was strong back…
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Getting mileage out of perks
Brad Bumsted and Debra Erdley in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on the excesses in PA House perks. Turns out that Mike Veon, Democratic Whip from Beaver Falls, collects more in…
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