Public Union Democracy

New Poll: 81% in PA Believe Unionization Should be a Choice

• August 11, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 New Poll: 81 Percent of Pennsylvanians Support Worker Freedom This is National Employee Freedom Week, Educating Union Employees…

Press Release

Health Care

My Obamacare Agony

• Priya Brannick
• June 10, 2014

I thought I was lucky. The last day to sign up for Obamacare had arrived, and I’d managed to purchase a plan on the national Obamacare exchange. I was just…

Commentary

More Americans on food stamps than women working full-time

• April 16, 2014

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Public Union Democracy

Government Unions’ Political Spending

• April 8, 2014

Currently, state and local governments, including school districts, use taxpayer-funded payroll systems and public employee time to collect union campaign contributions to candidates as well as union membership dues, a…

Fact Sheet

Health Care

Protected from Obamacare

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 31, 2014

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act promised to provide more affordable and better health care for all. Unfortunately, the law has delivered just the opposite—so much so that President…

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Public Union Democracy

Gov. Union Politics Harm Employees and Taxpayers

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 14, 2014

Government unions aren’t about fighting for public employees and workers any more — they’ve become political operations with agendas that harm both their members and taxpayers. Americans, and even…

Commentary

Welfare

War on Poverty: 50 Years of Failing People

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 8, 2014

On January 8, 1964, Lyndon Johnson launched America’s “War on Poverty.” After 50 years, it’s clear poverty is winning. After five decades and more than $20 trillion in taxpayer…

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Government Accountability

Obama Supporter Soured by Obamacare Ordeal

• November 19, 2013

Lynn Larrick doesn't fit the usual profile of someone angry with President Obama. She's a staunch Democrat, a retired Philadelphia teacher, and a union member. But when she—like more than…

Commentary

Health Care

Obamacare: Exchange Sign-ups Dwarfed by Cancellations

• Elizabeth Stelle
• November 14, 2013

Yesterday, the federal government revealed that shockingly low numbers of Americans are purchasing health insurance on the dysfunctional Obamacare exchange. In Pennsylvania, it’s clear the law is doing more…

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