Taxes & Economy

Manning Up Isn’t For ‘Wusses’

  • December 29, 2010

As the old saying goes, “it takes one to know one,” and outgoing Gov. Ed Rendell, who has obviously spent more time analyzing the Philadelphia Eagles than bringing jobs back…

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Newt Says No Natural Gas Tax in PA

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 27, 2010

Yesterday, John Micek reported that Newt Gingrich expressed support for a natural gas severance tax in Pennsylvania, writing, “even Mr. Republican Revolution his ownself thinks the state should have…

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A Third Stimulus Won’t be the Charm

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 15, 2010

Some members of Congress are pushing a third economic "stimulus" in as many years (pundits often forget the Bush stimulus of 2008). Supporters of yet another round of deficit spending…

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Sanford: “Don’t Bail Us Out”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 30, 2008

Yesterday, the US House of Representatives invited a number of governors and mayors to parade through the halls of Congress and beg for more taxpayer money from Washington.  And then…

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Britney Spears to adopt?!?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 28, 2007

My first thought on reading the headline “Britney Spears to adopt Chinese twins” was that it was a cruel joke. My second thought, on reading the story, was that…

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China’s Economic Development Lessons for Pennsylvania

  • April 8, 2006

NOTE: This commentary was originally published on April 19, 2004. Tax Day 2004 has come and gone, and as Pennsylvanians wrote their annual big checks to big government, they should…

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