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Free-Market Approaches to Fiscal Policy
Good morning. My name is Nathan Benefield; I am the Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation, a research and policy institute in Harrisburg. I want to thank the…
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Rendell pressing to lease turnpike
Governor Rendell almost sounds like Milton Friedman is his arguments for a Turnpike Lease in the Philadelphia Inquirer (well, not quite, but at least he recognizes the folly of…
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Governors health care plan assailed
Alison Hawkes in The Herald Standard on business groups responses to Governor Rendell’s universal healthcare plan. [Rendell healthcare spokeswoman] Kelchner said she can’t understand why business trade associations are…
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The end of PHEAA?
Governor Rendell says PHEAA “doesn’t have any reason to exist” in the Patriot News. Though it comes with a caveat: “There has to be a culture change at PHEAA,…
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Spending Restraint Needed
Good afternoon. My name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation. I would like to thank Chairman Armstrong and the members of the…
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Welfare for Penguins
Governor Rendell has offered the Pittsburgh Penguins enough of a ransom to keep them in Pittsburgh. The Post-Gazette reports that the state will pay $7.5 million each year from…
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Is Rendell Cutting Taxes?
Brett Lieberman of the Patriot News has an intriguing back and forth between myself and Governor Rendell and Budget Secretary Michael Masch on their tax plan. Despite a massive…
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PHEAA ‘housecleaning’ urged
Governor Rendell is now agreeing that PHEAA needs to “clean house”, as the Patriot News Reports. It will be interesting to see what he proposes, and whether he thinks…
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Lawmakers doubt Rendellconomics
Apparently, neither state Senators (see coverage by KYW NewsRadio) nor state Representatives (story in the Post-Gazette) believe Gov. Rendell has found a magic tax which will only tax…
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