Education

The “Mis-education” of Ed Rendell

  • June 23, 2009

Gov. Rendell wants to increase taxes to continue the double-the-rate-of-inflation spending that has defined his tenure.  In order to sell his state budget plan to an increasingly skeptical public, he…

Commentary

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State Budget

Lawmakers Working Hard on the PA Budget?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 23, 2009

If fundraising for the next campaign is considered working out the details of the state budget, Pennsylvania lawmakers are hard at it.  John Micek points out no fewer than…

Media

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Who Signed No Taxes Pledge

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 22, 2009

Twenty-nine Pennsylvania Legislators have signed American for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge, including six Democrats.  Click here to see exactly what they pledged not to do.  Assuming politicians…

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Taxes & Economy

Liberals Who OpposeTax Hikes During Recession

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 18, 2009

Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell renewed his call for higher taxes today, claiming it was ludicrous to think higher taxes would cost jobs. Who would argue with that? Well certainly…

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Taxes & Economy

States Lose Jobs Due to Severance Tax

  • June 18, 2009

Florida’s legislature just passed new legislation to ease the severance tax burden on small oil and gas producers in the state. Drilling companies in the state have been forced…

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Regulation

Another $1.3 Billion In Cuts for Governor Rendell

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 18, 2009

At the cabinet meeting yesterday (which the Commonwealth Foundation was escorted out of by security, being told it was a “closed meeting”, while media and staff for the PA…

Media

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Taxes & Economy

Please, No More Taxes! Video Contest Winners

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 17, 2009

First Place: $2,500“Taxesâ€? by Colin Jones, Bethel Park PA (watch for a cameo from “Governor Rendell”) Second Place: $1,000“Where’d My Paycheck Go?â€? by Robert Madeley, Mohnton PA…

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Government Accountability

State Spending Transparency

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 17, 2009

Testimony of Elizabeth Bryan to the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee, June 18, 2009 Good morning, I am Elizabeth Bryan, a research associate with the Commonwealth Foundation, a free-market public…

Testimony

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