Time for Open Government is Now

• June 25, 2009

“Pennsylvanians need greater transparency in how state government is spending their hard-earned money.  An online database of state spending would allow every citizen to become a government watchdog. Particularly in…

Press Release

State Budget

Tax Everyone But the Guy Behind the Tree

• Nathan Benefield
• June 24, 2009

Gov. Rendell’s hypocrisy on tax policy is on full display this budget season. While Rendell is demanding higher taxes on individuals and most businesses, he is also working to preserve…

Commentary

Education

The “Mis-education” of Ed Rendell

• June 23, 2009

Gov. Rendell wants to increase taxes to continue the double-the-rate-of-inflation spending that has defined his tenure.  In order to sell his state budget plan to an increasingly skeptical public, he…

Commentary

State Budget

Lawmakers Working Hard on the PA Budget?

• Nathan Benefield
• June 23, 2009

If fundraising for the next campaign is considered working out the details of the state budget, Pennsylvania lawmakers are hard at it.  John Micek points out no fewer than…

Media

Rendell to Suspend Laws of Economics for Three Years

• June 18, 2009

“Gov. Rendell’s critique of the Commonwealth Foundation’s projections of job losses under his proposed tax increase as ‘ludicrous’ is historically and economically ignorant. The Governor’s campaign to raise taxes on…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Commonwealth Foundation Announces Winners of Please, No More Taxes! Video Contest

• June 17, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation today announced the winners of the  Please, No More Taxes! video contest: First Prize ($2,500): Colin Jones of Bethel ParkSecond Prize: ($1,000): Robert…

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Government Accountability

State Spending Transparency

• Elizabeth Stelle
• June 17, 2009

Testimony of Elizabeth Bryan to the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee, June 18, 2009 Good morning, I am Elizabeth Bryan, a research associate with the Commonwealth Foundation, a free-market public…

Testimony

Rendell’s 16% Income Tax Increase Will Cost 24,000 Jobs

• June 16, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA — In response to Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposed 16% increase in the Personal Income Tax, the Commonwealth Foundation projected the economic impact of taking an additional $1.5 billion…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Commonwealth Foundation Joins Farmers in Fight Against Higher Taxes

• June 16, 2009

Harrisburg, PA — Straight from the fields of their small, family farms, a contingent of Pennsylvania farmers today traveled to the state Capitol to join the Commonwealth Foundation in speaking…

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