Taxes & Economy

Movin’ Out

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 11, 2008

With all due respect to Billy Joel’s "Allentown," the tune which best describes Pennsylvania today would likely be "Movin' Out." For years, Pennsylvania has seen residents (particularly younger ones) move…

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Health Care

Fixing Health Care in the States

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 29, 2008

The Wall Street Journal has two articles about health insurance reform in other states. First, from Florida, where the state has enacted a law that will allow low-cost, mandate…

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Turnpike lease “winning” bid to be announced next week

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 12, 2008

Governor Rendell held a press conference to announce the “winning bid” on the Pennsylvania Turnpike lease will likely be presented next Monday. Rendell also stated: Bids were within…

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Health Care

Health Care Reform (the right kind) in the states

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 8, 2008

Georgia enacted a few of the health care reforms we have been touting. From the SPN Blog: Georgia eliminates a major tax inequity by allowing individuals to…

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Education

Bevy of School Choice Articles/Research

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 1, 2008

A number of articles came across my email and blog reader, and I decided to put them all into one post. The Philadelphia Bulletin has a write-up…

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Education

The teachers’ union still hates school choice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 22, 2008

The head of the PSEA, the largest teacher union in the state, takes me to task for in a letter to the editor for proposing “private school vouchers” as…

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South Carolina’s Contender

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 21, 2008

The Wall Street Journal had a piece on Saturday on the the Vice-Presidential prospects of Mark Sanford. I point it out not because my phone is ringing off the…

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Taxes & Economy

PA’s “liberal” population shift

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 10, 2008

The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article remarking on Pennsylvania’s demographic changes, noting that the state is gaining population in the eastern part and losing population in the west –…

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Health Care

Give Consumers Choices in Health Care

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 1, 2008

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently passed a modified version of Governor Rendell’s "Cover All Pennsylvanians"—renaming it PA ABC (Access to Basic Care). Despite the clever acronym, the program…

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