High Taxes are Punishing and Pushing Out Residents

• July 20, 2018

People can do amazing things. They create, innovate, support, and sacrifice. They are the lifeblood of an economy. Losing people to other cities, states, or countries can be devastating for…

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Taxes & Economy

Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Will Result in Job Loss

• Nathan Benefield
• March 9, 2006

News release from Employment Policies Institute on PA minimum wage. Raising Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Will Result in Job Loss for Low-SkilledEarned Income Tax Credit a Better Way…

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Taxes & Economy

Letter to Gov. Rendell on the Minimum Wage

• January 23, 2006

January 23, 2006 Governor Edward G. Rendell225 Main Capitol BuildingHarrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Dear Governor Rendell, I understand that politicians sometimes change their policy positions. And I probably don’t…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage: Facts

• October 18, 2005

Proponents of artificial increases in the government-mandated minimum wage argue, among other things, that raising the hourly minimum wage will help to lift families with children out of poverty and…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage Politics, Bad Economic Policy

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 3, 2005

It wasn’t a corporate executive who said, “Right now Pennsylvania businesses carry a very high tax burden compared to states we compete with. We’re [a] very heavily taxed business state….

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Taxes & Economy

The Effects of the Proposed Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Increase

• September 13, 2005

In recent years, the movement to enact “living wages” or increases in the minimum wage has been active in states and cities across the country. Advocates of these wage hikes…

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