Regulation

PA Lawmakers Need Table Games to Fund Pork Projects

• Nathan Benefield
• December 21, 2009

Mario Cattabiani writes in the the Philadelphia Inquirer about all the pet projects funded in the table games bill. He writes: It parcels out the local share in…

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Energy

Five Threats to Pennsylvania’s Prosperity

• December 16, 2009

Pennsylvania has long been one of the most economically stagnant states in the nation. For the period 1991-2008, the Commonwealth ranked 45th in job growth, 46th in personal income growth,…

Commentary

State Budget

Time for Real Spending Reductions

• December 15, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA — As Gov. Rendell delivers his mid-year budget briefing, with General Fund collections $217 million below projections, now is the time to consider the causes of…

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Education

Costing-Out the Price of Education

• Nathan Benefield
• December 9, 2009

Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield, Director of Policy Research, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives to the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee December 8, 2009 Thank you, Sen. Piccola and…

Testimony

Education

Taxing Tuition: The Future of Higher Education?

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• November 30, 2009

With Pittsburgh on the brink of bankruptcy thanks to its continual out-of-control spending, Mayor Ravenstahl and his allies on City Council have hatched a new scheme to collect more money…

Commentary

Government Accountability

Every Generation Needs A Revolution

• Matthew Brouillette
• November 23, 2009

Pennsylvania's government is a prime exhibition of Lord Acton's well-known admonition that "power corrupts."…

Commentary

Help clean up Harrisburg

• November 22, 2009

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Health Care

Health Care Reform: The Constitution, the Bible, and Economics

• Nathan Benefield
• November 21, 2009

My prepared remarks to the “Million Med March” in Harrisburg Thank you. Good afternoon. Thanks for everyone here for coming out – I know none of us really want to…

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Government Accountability

What Next for “Tea Party” Activists?

• Nathan Benefield
• November 20, 2009

Following the recent “Taxpayers March on Harrisburg,” as well as recent health care protests in Washington DC and elsewhere, a grassroots organizer posed the question, “what should we do now?”…

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