Media

Poll finds support for liquor store sales

• February 12, 2013

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Regulation

Poll: Pennsylvanians Want End to Government Booze Sales

• February 12, 2013

Contact: Jay Ostrich: 717-649-6547| jay@cfpolicy.com A strong majority of Pennsylvanians favor ending government sale of wine and liquor according to a comprehensive poll conducted by nationally-renown pollster, FM3, released…

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State Budget

Transportation Plan Falls Short of Principles

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 11, 2013

We’ve received several requests for our assessment of Governor Corbett’s transportation proposal, in light of our principles for transportation funding. Here is our take. First, transportation is a…

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State Budget

Corbett’s Medicaid Decision Could Save Jobs

• Nathan Benefield
• February 11, 2013

The Affordable Care Act—often dubbed Obamacare—included 20 new taxes or tax increases. As these taxes are beginning to go into effect, businesses are starting to feel the impact, and…

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Researchers: Easier access to booze has a downside

• February 11, 2013

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Nathan Benefield | Legislators challenged to stand with taxpayers

• February 11, 2013

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Liquor proposal delivers convenience

• February 11, 2013

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Taxes & Economy

Welfare Traps Good People in Broken System

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 6, 2013

CBS 21’s Chris Papst presents a chilling story showing how easy it is for Pennsylvania families to get trapped in the welfare system. Investigators discovered a single mother of two making $20,000 in Pennsylvania can…

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Pensions in Corbett’s cross hairs in new budget

• February 6, 2013

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Karen Heller: Corbett reaches into the grab bag of ideas for Pa.

• February 6, 2013

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Local schools unsure about governor’s budget plan

• February 6, 2013

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Lawmakers, experts react to latest Corbett budget plan

• February 6, 2013

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Make “free enterprise” the seller

• February 6, 2013

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Health Care

Medicaid Expansion: The Price was Wrong

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 6, 2013

Governor Corbett made the right call yesterday when he decided to recommend against expanding Medicaid in Pennsylvania. Here is my letter to the editor to the Philadelphia Inquirer explaining…

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State Budget

Gov. Corbett’s Budget Stands with Taxpayers

• February 5, 2013

Statement of Matthew J. Brouillette, president and CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s free-market think tank, on Governor Corbett’s budget proposal: Gov. Corbett has chosen to prioritize government spending…

Press Release

The fallacy of SCHIP: It’s not ‘insurance’

• February 5, 2013

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State Budget

Spending Restraint Fosters Economic Growth

• Nathan Benefield
• February 5, 2013

Critics, and likely election challengers, of Gov. Tom Corbett point to the singular fact that the state’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average (though not significantly,…

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Health Care

Lawmakers: Medicaid Expansion Not the Answer

• Elizabeth Stelle
• February 4, 2013

Rep. Gordon Denlinger and 37 House members sent a letter to Governor Corbett, urging the governor not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare).

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Cyber proposal undermines cherished school option

• February 4, 2013

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Priya Abraham | GOP proposal harms cyber schools, limits choices

• February 4, 2013

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Corbett Wants to Sell Off State Booze Monopoly For Convenience, Schools

• February 1, 2013

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