Taxes & Economy

Is the Credit Crunch a Big Lie?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 22, 2008

A short research paper from three economists from the Federal Reserve of Minneapolis find that the so-called credit crunch, which led to the bailout, was based on a number…

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Taxes & Economy

Free market groups opposing bailout

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 1, 2008

A coalition of 27 organizations, including the Commonwealth Foundation, have signed on to an open letter to US Senators put together by NTU in opposition to the $700…

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Taxes & Economy

Bailout Fails

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 29, 2008

In case you missed it, the vote on the bailout failed. GrassrootsPA has the PA Delegation Bailout Vote. The Club for Growth blog has a lot more on…

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Taxes & Economy

Free Market Alternatives to the Bailout

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 27, 2008

Pat Toomey of the Club for Growth hosted a conference a call to discuss the economics of the proposed bailout. Toomey commented that the financial market does not seem…

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Regulation

Financial “crisis” a failure of government

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 23, 2008

While some pundits and media, such as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, point to the proposed bailout as demonstration of the failure of the free market, in fact it is a…

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State Budget

Spend Less on Pork, Voters Say

  • July 25, 2008

Pat Toomey comments in the Wall Street Journal on public opinion of pork spending: The idea that bringing home federal dollars is integral to a politician’s job…

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State Budget

What Congress is up to

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 24, 2008

While the Pennsylvania General Assembly is on vacation, Congress is not – and they are up to no good. 1) The House passed the housing bailout bill, which backs…

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State Budget

Kanjorski Earmark Denied

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 9, 2008

The US Department of Transportation is refusing to fund an earmark put in place by Rep. Kanjorski. The earmark was intended to fund a parking garage near Kanjorski’s monument…

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State Budget

How Bad is the Farm Bill

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 22, 2008

In light of today’s front page commentary on the federal Farm Bill Fiasco, here are some more links describing how awful this legislation is. Citizen’s Against Government Waste…

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