Energy

Corporate Welfare, No Boost to Business Climate

• August 16, 2022

Summary Pennsylvania’s economy continues to struggle. In June, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate reached 4.5 percent, the fifth highest in the nation.[1], [2] As of June…

Fact Sheet

Union Blocks Private Grant to Disadvantaged Neighborhood School

• January 31, 2019

When a private organization wants to invest in success with a grant for scientific education, why is a union--another private organization--allowed to interfere?…

Commentary

Union Blocks Private Grant to Disadvantaged Neighborhood School

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 31, 2019

When a private organization wants to invest in success with a grant for scientific education, why is a union--another private organization--allowed to interfere?…

Commentary

Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Prime Subsidies to Amazon

• James Paul
• July 26, 2016

Corporate welfare projects and celebratory press releases go together like peanut butter and jelly. For the most recent example in Pennsylvania, see the latest from the governor’s communications office:…

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Regulation

NFIB Study Finds PA Minimum Wage Bills Kill Jobs

• Elizabeth Stelle
• March 28, 2014

Thanks to a recent minimum wage increase, 61 percent of New Jersey businesses are likely to raise their prices. In addition, a Congressional Budget Office analysis found increasing…

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Taxes & Economy

Welfare Reforms Protect Poor, Taxpayers

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 24, 2012

Regardless of where you stand on taxpayer-funded entitlements, few Americans argue against the maintenance of temporary safety nets or modifications aimed at ending welfare fraud, waste and abuse.

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Do Millionaires Need Food Stamps?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• January 11, 2012

For the past few years, politicians in Harrisburg and Washington have considered it a “success” to put more families on welfare. The result is an abundance of loopholes that allow…

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