Education

School Choice: Accountable and Successful

• Nathan Benefield
• October 21, 2011

Here is a recent letter I submitted to the Delaware County Times: A recent story carries the title, “Educators oppose guv’s voucher plan,” though the story quotes no…

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Taxes & Economy

Immigration Verification and Welfare Fraud

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• October 6, 2010

Thank you for allowing the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan educational institute based in Harrisburg, to submit written testimony concerning HB 1359, which would require proof of…

Testimony

Regulation

State Liquor Stores Show Age

• Nathan Benefield
• January 31, 2008

Delco Times editorial on the need to privatize the state liquor stores. Dismissing the myth of state-run stores protecting against underage drinking (through anecdotal evidence, though a report…

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Editorial: Taxpayers funding legislators’ retirement

• December 22, 2006

DelcoTimes weighs in on the looming pension crisis.

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Education

Editorial: PHEAA should open books or lose monopoly

• September 20, 2006

DelcoTimes suggests “If PHEAA doesn’t want to open its books, the state should open its doors to competition in the student loan field. Then residents can compare organizations and…

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Regulation

Boeing-Sized Welfare Checks

• July 17, 2006

For the past three and one-half years, the ostensible premise of Gov. Ed Rendell’s “economic stimulus” plan has been that by making “targeted investments” in politically chosen companies and industries,…

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