Regulation

Fines for Sex without a License

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 29, 2006

Legislation proposed by State Rep. Keith McCall would require prospective massage therapists to take 600 hours of classroom training, have instruction in CPR and HIV, pass an exam, and…

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Regulation

Pa. bureaucracy pursues a love of licensing

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 29, 2006

Read Commonwealth Foundation intern Stephen Albert’s commentary on the regulation of economic freedom in today’s York Dispatch.

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Regulation

The 1% Solution

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 29, 2006

Read Commonwealth Foundation senior fellow Rick Dreyfuss’s latest commentary on senate health care cost sharing in today’s Patriot News.

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Taxes & Economy

Rendell-conomics

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 28, 2006

According to News Release from the Governor, he has revitalized local communities by locating state offices in downtown locations. Apparently the key to economic growth is bigger state government…

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Government Accountability

Legislative leaders need a diet

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 26, 2006

A must-watch story from KDKA exposing how many legislators leaders take $141 per-diem for “lodging and meals” every day they are in Harrisburg, then charge taxpayers for catering or…

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Taller people are smarter

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 25, 2006

Groundbreaking study shows that taller people are smarter. I will cite this study frequently when debating people shorter than I.

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Taxes & Economy

How to fix our road

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 25, 2006

A book released from the Independent Institute discusses various options for transportation agencies to privatize, outsource, and use market incentives for road repairs and usage.

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Health Care

The Benefits of Health Savings Accounts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 25, 2006

Data from Americans for Tax Reform shows that since the creation of Health Savings Accounts (January 2004) the annual growth in health care costs slowed, and health care costs…

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Taxes & Economy

Subsidy Economics 101

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 24, 2006

Cato Institute commentary on why government subsidies have made housing, health care, and education more expensive for twenty-somethings. “According to data from the College Board, over the past 20…

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