Taxes & Economy

Jesus and Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 4, 2006

Dimitri Vassilaros questions, in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, whether Jesus really endorsed the estate tax, higher income taxes, and raising the federal minimum wage.

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Government Accountability

General Assembly Too Big & Expensive

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 4, 2006

Editorial in the Press Enterprise Online on reducing the legislature. While they use figures from my testimony, they fail to note that the crux of our position is…

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Reclaim government

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 4, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial on shrinking and reforming state government, supporting “the Commonwealth Foundation’s commonsense solutions“.

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Calculator for Property Tax Relief/Increase

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 3, 2006

The Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayers has created a calculator to determine how much relief, or how much of a tax increase you will get under the new property…

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Government Accountability

Swann on Reform

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 3, 2006

Gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann’s response to a survey on government reform, compiled by Democracy Rising PA, with comments from the Commonwealth Foundation.

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Veon draws cheers, but not for his travel

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 3, 2006

Ruth Ann Dailey column in today’s Post-Gazette on pork, legislator travel and perks, and open records. Think-tanks and reform groups such as the Commonwealth Foundation, Common Cause and Democracy…

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Taxes & Economy

Time to Kill Castroism

  • August 3, 2006

Peggy Noonan in today’s Wall Street Journal suggests that it is time to “seize the moment for some wise, judicious, free-market love-bombing” of Cuba.

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Government Accountability

Rendell on Reform

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 2, 2006

Governor Rendell’s response to a survey on government reform, compiled Democracy Rising PA, with comments from the Commonwealth Foundation.

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