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Taxes & Economy

Carbon Tax Devastating for Manufacturers

• Gordon Tomb
• March 7, 2013

A study reported by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association says a carbon tax would have a devastating effect on the state’s manufacturers. Manufacturing output in energy-intensive activities could drop by…

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LETTER: Corbett must stand by rejection of Medicaid expansion to avoid chaos

• March 6, 2013

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Thin the Harrisburg herd: Slash the size, pay and perks of the Pennsylvania General Assembly

• March 6, 2013

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Turzai: House could get liquor privatization bill soon

• March 6, 2013

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Regulation

Remove Politics from Pensions

• Nathan Benefield
• March 6, 2013

A letter to the editor I sent to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette takes on some of the myths and facts of pension reform: Nina Esposito-Visgitis, president of the Pittsburgh…

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Health Care

Facts, Not Hate, In Medicaid Debate

• Nathan Benefield
• March 6, 2013

“A few dying residents won’t matter to these people…”  So say supporters of implementing Obamacare in Pennsylvania about our friends at Americans for Prosperity.  AFP launched a new action…

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Regulation

Liquor Chair Wants to Hear from “Stakeholders”

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 5, 2013

Last night, Capitolwire.com reported (subscription required) that the chairman of the House Liquor Control Committee, Rep. John Taylor, has proposed an amendment to the Governor’s liquor store privatization plan. …

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Regulation

PLCB Contradictions Continue

• March 5, 2013

Should the government have its own wine brand? Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board member Robert Marcus thinks so, telling lawmakers, “We have the legal ability to do it. We did…

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Health Care

Medicaid “Free Lunch” Nauseates Lawmakers

• Nathan Benefield
• March 4, 2013

Following news that Gov. Corbett was going to meet with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and rumors he might reverse his opposition to expanding…

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Regulation

We Deserve Better than ‘Watery Beer’

• March 4, 2013

Despite broad, bipartisan support to end Pennsylvania’s arcane monopoly on booze, legislators and special interests are saying “modernization” is good enough for Pennsylvania consumers.  Make no mistake: “modernization” keeps government…

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Shrinking Legislature could save Pa. $8M

• March 4, 2013

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Op-ed: Message in a bottle. How the Liquor Control Board is making its own case for privatization

• March 1, 2013

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Principles of Liquor Privatization

• March 1, 2013

While the Governor's proposal will likely change throughout the legislative process, privatization efforts should not be diluted into "modernization," which preserves the inefficient and wasteful Prohibition-era liquor system.  Here are…

Fact Sheet

Your View: Union Helped Me After Student Attack

• February 28, 2013

I took your survey, found that some of my answers were not among your choices! -The main reason I joined the union was because of the additional health…

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Health Care

No “Free Lunch” with Medicaid Expansion

• Nathan Benefield
• February 28, 2013

If I offered you a "free lunch" every day for the rest of your life, you'd take it, right? Oh, but there are a few strings attached. The lunch may…

Commentary

Health Care

Where Does Government Get Money?

• Nathan Benefield
• February 28, 2013

Where does the federal government get its money? Does it grow on trees? Does it fall from the sky like manna from heaven? Is there a genie who keeps granting…

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Regulation

Privatization Could Open Doors for PA Winemakers

• February 27, 2013

Gov. Corbett’s push for state liquor privatization could open up major doors for Pennsylvania wine makers. As highlighted by PA Independent, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board has literally put a…

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Regulation

Fact Check: Liquor Safety and Proliferation Myths

• February 26, 2013

This is the second in a series of blog posts addressing the common myths opponents use against getting government out of the businesses of selling alcohol. Check out the first…

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Regulation

Pension Reform Doesn’t Bring Higher Costs

• Nathan Benefield
• February 26, 2013

The Allentown Morning Call features an article on pension reform in which a representative of the Public Employee Retirement Commission claims that Gov. Corbett’s proposal to put new employees…

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Education

Education: America’s New Civil Right

• February 26, 2013

Education can and should be America's newest civil rights issue.   Today, too many schools are failing too many children. The system is broken, and access to a quality…

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Regulation

Fact Check: Liquor Privatization Polling & “Profits”

• February 25, 2013

A strong majority of Pennsylvanians want legislators to end the state’s Prohibition-era liquor system, just as Governor Corbett has proposed. But as today’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing for the…

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