Taxes & Economy

Raising Minimum Wage Causes Job Loss

  • February 14, 2019

In his 2019 budget address, Governor Wolf lamented “too many hardworking people are struggling to get by.” The solution is attracting high-wage jobs and encouraging more Pennsylvanians to gain valuable…

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Health Care

Unlike Medicaid, Charity Clinics Lead to Independence

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 29, 2015

This week marks the beginning of Pennsylvania’s transition from Healthy PA to full Medicaid expansion. Over 100,000 beneficiaries were transferred to the traditional one-size-fits-all healthcare plan known for limited…

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Booze Lose: PLCB Proposes Increased Mark-up Price

  • August 14, 2014

Get ready to empty the piggy bank because soon you could be paying the government even more for your booze. At least, that’s the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (PLCB) latest…

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Taxes & Economy

Jobs Killed by Lack of Freedom

  • April 12, 2013

Earlier this week, GE announced plans to move 950 jobs from Erie, Pa. to Texas.  What is one of the key reasons Pennsylvania continues to lose jobs and population…

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Liquor Privatization: Social Impacts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 25, 2013

The PLCB has a conflict of interest-on the one hand controlling and monitoring alcohol, and on the other, advertising and marketing the sale of alcohol. Government control has not made…

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Liquor Privatization: Just the Facts

  • February 9, 2013

In a recent Delaware County Times webcast on Pennsylvania liquor store privatization, on which I was a panelist, there was a great deal of information thrown into the mix which may have…

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Regulation

Calling Shenanigans on Liquor Union Bosses

  • July 30, 2012

Pennsylvania’s liquor store union bosses have been called out by Dr. Antony Davies, an associate professor at Duquesne University, and James Harrigan, a fellow of the Institute of…

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