Taxpayers to Unions: We Won’t Get Fooled Again

April 2, 2012

So Pennsylvania taxpayers, lawmakers and Pete Townshend walk into a bar… ouch! Seriously though, this week in Harrisburg could produce one heck of a punch line as lawmakers…

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Health Care

Not Why I’m Here

Charles Mitchell
March 30, 2012

“Why am I here?” That’s an excellent question to ask yourself if you work in Harrisburg. This week, as I read a piece by Karen Langley in the Pittsburgh…

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Unions Nailed on Prevailing Wage

March 30, 2012

To hear the union boss of the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council tell it from his cushy offsite confines, prevailing wage is all about helping local communities…

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Public Union Democracy

Public Schools Can Do More with Less – If We Let Them

Matthew Brouillette
March 19, 2012

As families across Pennsylvania try to figure out how to do more with less in this difficult economy, our local public schools must also do the same. But unlike fiscally…

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Education

Principled, Punchy Pols Are Popular Pols

Charles Mitchell
March 15, 2012

I’ve written previously in this space about Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who has garnered enormous popularity while governing courageously. Today, with a new Quinnipiac poll about Gov.

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Government Accountability

National Popular Vote: Radical Shift in Elections

Nathan Benefield
March 13, 2012

Yesterday, the House Republic Policy Committee held a hearing on National Popular Vote (NPV). If passed, Pennsylvania would join a compact of states agreeing to award their electoral votes…

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Regulation

Sounding the Alarm to Save Pennsylvania

February 29, 2012

A four-alarm fire is engulfing Pennsylvania's economy. If we don't regain control of the state debt, corrections costs, public welfare growth and government employee pensions, our state taxpayers will be…

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Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Once-Great Cities

Nathan Benefield
February 23, 2012

If you missed it, ReasonTV put out a great video on the city of Harrisburg’s fiscal disaster, asking whether Harrisburg’s nightmare is America’s Future. Much of what…

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Taxes & Economy

Which County will be Duped into Imposing Marcellus Tax?

February 15, 2012

On Monday, Gov. Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1950, the Marcellus Shale impact tax, into law. The funding formula funnels the first $23 million in revenue to statewide programs. Local…

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