Government Accountability

Making PA Budgets Honest

• September 29, 2010

American governments are built around the power of legislatures to challenge administrations through public debate. From this debate come better policy decisions. However, if one side has a monopoly on…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Shale Gas is Revitalizing Communities

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 28, 2010

Cliff Wehrmen has a new pickup truck, thanks to the booming economy in Williston, North Dakota. In North Dakota, companies are fighting over workers via bidding wars, state unemployment…

Media

PA House Democrats Unveil Nation’s Highest Severance Tax

• September 28, 2010

Harrisburg, PA—A proposal by Pennsylvania House Democrats to levy severance taxes on natural gas would make Pennsylvania the most heavily-taxed natural gas producing state in the nation. At 39 cents…

Press Release

Three Myths about Free Market Conservatives

• Nathan Benefield
• September 23, 2010

Working for a free-market think tank, one hears all the attacks against conservatives and endures being given many labels. Three of the most common attacks launched by both those who…

Commentary

Regulation

Privatizing Pittsburgh Parking

• Nathan Benefield
• September 21, 2010

The Post-Gazette reports the highest bid for a lease of Pittsburgh’s public parking garages came in at $452 million, well above what was expected. While the city of Pittsburgh…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Citizens Scrimp As Government Spends

• Matthew Brouillette
• September 20, 2010

With grim economic statistics mounting both here in Pennsylvania and throughout the nation, more and more of our fellow citizens are engaging in a collective belt-tightening. It is only our…

Commentary

State Budget

Rendell Starts State Bailout of Cities

• Nathan Benefield
• September 13, 2010

Yesterday, Gov. Rendell announced a $4.3 million bailout for the city of Harrisburg. The city, following decades of wasteful spending on things like a Wild West Museum and owning…

Media

State Budget

Is Harrisburg a Prediction of Things to Come?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 10, 2010

Harrisburg’s inability to pay off massive debts accumulated by years of wasteful spending made headlines in the Wall Street Journal. Last week, Harrisburg skipped a $3 million debt payment…

Media

Tell the Truth: PennFuture’s Tax in Search of a Problem

• September 9, 2010

Harrisburg, PA – Commonwealth Foundation President and CEO Matthew Brouillette was on hand Wednesday in Pittsburgh to counter claims that natural gas drilling is a scourge on the environment and…

Press Release