Health Care

Constitutional, but Still Unaffordable, Unsustainable and Nonsensical

• Matthew Brouillette
• June 28, 2012

My response to today’s Supreme Court of the United States ruling on President Obama’s healthcare reform law: Just because something is ruled Constitutional doesn’t make it affordable, sustainable or…

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Education

Opportunity Scholarships for Pennsylvania

• June 21, 2012

A new proposal (HB 2468) would expand the existing EITC program while adding an additional category of scholarship organizations.  Under HB 2468, the EITC limit would increase from $75 million…

Fact Sheet

Education

Lawmakers & Businesses Can Rescue Students Now

• Priya Brannick
• June 14, 2012

If lawmakers were in any doubt about how dire Pennsylvania's education crisis has become, they need only look to Harrisburg mother Taisha Bartow and her 5-year-old daughter, Alayaisha.

Commentary

Government Accountability

The Left’s Latest Witch Hunt

• Nathan Benefield
• April 20, 2012

The Wall Street Journal and Pennsylvania Independent both feature stories about attacks from leftist groups against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The free-market association of state lawmakers…

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Health Care

Medicaid Waivers & the Looming Fiscal Crisis

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 9, 2012

In the waning days of 2008, the state of Rhode Island secured a global waiver for its Medicaid program. The waiver exempted the state from many federal rules and mandates in exchange for a…

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State Budget

Do Government Programs Grow the Economy?

• Nathan Benefield
• March 29, 2012

While decades of increased government spending have resulted in economic stagnation, many advocates of increasing government spending claim that their favored program will “grow the economy.” They argue that…

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Health Care

Change We Can’t Afford

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 28, 2012

This week, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act celebrated its two-year anniversary before the U.S. Supreme Court. The controversial health care law finds itself in front of the highest…

Commentary

Union Party vs. Taxpayer Party: PA’s Political Paradigm

• Matthew Brouillette
• December 20, 2011

If you don’t receive our Weekly Update every Monday via email, here’s what you missed yesterday.  If you want to get these updates directly, sign up here. Dear…

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Education

Do Public Schools Need More Construction Spending?

• Nathan Benefield
• September 14, 2011

One of the supposed benefits of President Obama’s “Jobs Bill” (despite demands to “pass it now”, the jobs bill has not yet…

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