Archive: 2010

Government Accountability

Rendell: Everyone Supports Higher Taxes

• Nathan Benefield
• April 7, 2010

At his press conference announcing that the lawyers at the Federal Highway Administration were all less intelligent that his staff, based on their decision to reject I-80 tolls, Gov. Rendell…

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Health Care

Mass: What PA has to Look Forward to on Health Insurance

• Nathan Benefield
• April 7, 2010

Massachusetts – with an individual mandate, an insurance exchange, taxpayer subsidies for insurance, and a regulatory board overseeing all health insurance – was seen as the model for health care…

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Interstate truck drivers applaud toll decision

• April 7, 2010

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Time for Serious Transportation Funding Solutions

• April 6, 2010

Harrisburg, PA – Commonwealth Foundation President and CEO Matthew Brouillette released the following statement in response to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) rejection of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC)…

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Taxes & Economy

Alternative Energy Should Be the People’s Choice

• April 6, 2010

The Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry has recent white paper about House Bill 80; a bill that seeks to increase Pennsylvania’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard. The Chamber…

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Education

Gov. Rendell Learned His Lesson

• Nathan Benefield
• April 6, 2010

Last year, Gov. Rendell went on a bus tour across Pennsylvania, at taxpayer expense, to lobby for more education spending. Rendell was…

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The PG should care about constitutionality

• April 6, 2010

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Onorato’s boast about pension fund solvency raises eyebrows

• April 6, 2010

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Health Care

State Legislators’ Guide to Health Insurance Solution

• Nathan Benefield
• April 5, 2010

Council for Affordable Health Insurance and ALEC have released their 2010 State Legislators Guide to Health Insurance Solutions. Here is a PDF version of the full report…

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