Taxes & Economy

Citizens Scrimp As Government Spends

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • September 20, 2010

With grim economic statistics mounting both here in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation, more and more of our fellow citizens are engaging in a collective belt-tightening. It is only our…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvanians Have Good Reasons to Oppose Higher Fuel Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 30, 2010

Grove City College economist Tracy Miller explains why Pennsylvania drivers are resistant to a higher gasoline tax. In contrast to prior periods when the tax was viewed as a…

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Taxes & Economy

Reforms for PA’s UC Fund include CF Proposals

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • July 21, 2010

State Representative Scott Perry has proposed new legislation to reform PA’s bankrupt unemployment compensation (UC) fund. A few of his suggested reforms are…

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Government Accountability

Disclosing the Assault on Free Speech

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 24, 2010

As election season approaches, Democrats in the House are scrambling to gather votes to pass the DISCLOSE Act. Even the ACLU criticizes the effect DISCLOSE would have on…

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Taxes & Economy

How Government Hinders Job Creation

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 18, 2010

Economist Mark Hendrickson has a good piece for The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College explaining why federal policies aimed at “creating jobs” or even helping workers…

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Taxes & Economy

Legislating Prices for Legal Ads

  • November 25, 2009

What do you do when something costs too much?  You don’t buy it.  Or if you’re the state, you simply mandate a new lower price. The State House…

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Health Care

NTU Launches “Special Delivery” Video Project

  • October 5, 2009

The National Taxpayers Union has recently announced a new video project aimed at letting the American taxpayer have their say in the healthcare debate. Entitled the “Special Delivery Project”, NTU is encouraging Americans…

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Health Care

Not-True Statements about Health Insurers

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 22, 2009

I’ve already picked on the left-wing Keystone Progress this week for absurd statements, but I got another missive from them on…

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Health Care

Evaluating the Baucus Health Care Proposal

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 18, 2009

The latest “leading” national health care reform proposal is a bill Sen. Baucus (already being panned by the left for getting rid of the “public option” and replacing it with…

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