Regulation

Are Pennsylvania Taxes “Money Well Spent?”

• Nathan Benefield
• June 15, 2010

Gov. Rendell proposes balancing the state budget with a combination of new and higher taxes, another federal bailout, and additional state borrowing.  When confronted by opposition to additional taxes on…

Commentary

Regulation

Green Jobs and the Broken Window Fallacy

• Nathan Benefield
• June 11, 2010

On behalf of the Commonwealth Foundation, an independent, nonpartisan public policy research and educational institute based in Harrisburg, we would like to thank Chairman Saylor and the members of the…

Testimony

State Budget

Lay Off the Private Sector with Public Sector Layoffs

• Matthew Brouillette
• June 10, 2010

Gov. Rendell is threatening once again to lay off state government employees if the General Assembly refuses to go along with his spend-more, tax-more budget proposals. But should the public…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Boom

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 8, 2010

The Marcellus Shale formation is believed to be the largest unconventional natural gas reservoir in America, and its exploration has been coined a modern-day gold rush. More than a mile…

Fact Sheet

‘Change’ hard to come by in Harrisburg

• June 6, 2010

Media Hit

State Budget

The State and Local Government Debt Mess

• Nathan Benefield
• June 4, 2010

While investment guru Warren Buffett is pulling out of municipal bonds, Gov. Rendell says Buffett doesn’t know what he is talking about, and that there is no problem with…

Media

State Budget

Welfare Fraud and Abuse

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 2, 2010

Good afternoon, my name is Elizabeth Stelle, and I am a research associate with the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan educational institute based in Harrisburg. Thank you…

Testimony

Government Accountability

Accurate Information About a Part-Time Legislature

• Nathan Benefield
• June 2, 2010

Senator Daylin Leach opined in the Post-Gazette over the weekend, defending the legislature he serves in (previously as a House member) against the Grand Jury report calling for…

Media

State Budget

Pennsylvania Deficit Watch: June 2010

• June 1, 2010

Following May’s tax collections, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue reports that state General Fund revenues are $1.2 billion below estimate for the 2009-10 fiscal year. Tax collections have…

Press Release