CF Statement on Film Tax Credit Study

• June 5, 2009

Harrisburg, PA — Commonwealth Foundation President and CEO Matthew J. Brouillette issued the following statement today in response to a Legislative Budget and Finance Committee report on Pennsylvania’s Film Tax…

Press Release

House Should Act Immediately on Spending Transparency Bill

• June 4, 2009

Harrisburg, PA — With Pennsylvania facing a $3 billion General Fund Budget deficit, the Commonwealth Foundation today urged the House to act immediately on spending transparency legislation adopted this week…

Press Release

Government Accountability

Pennsylvanians Deserve Open Budget Debate

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• June 3, 2009

With the approach of June 30th and the end of the state’s fiscal year comes the annual argument in Harrisburg over Pennsylvania’s budget.  With Senate Republicans having passed a spending…

Commentary

Pennsylvania Deficit Watch: June 2009

• June 2, 2009

The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue released the May revenue collections showing state General Fund revenues are $2.84 billion short for the fiscal year to date. Governor Rendell had estimated…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

June 9th Taxpayers’ Protest

• Nathan Benefield
• May 29, 2009

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe is helping to coordinate a “Taxpayer’s Protest” on June 9 in Harrisburg. All taxpayers are encouraged to come down to the state…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Government Intervention Prolongs Recessions

• Elizabeth Stelle
• May 29, 2009

Recessions are a tough time for all—many lose their jobs, family incomes shrink, and budgets are squeezed. But recessions are natural and, in the long-run, foster a stronger economy.  It…

Commentary

Commonwealth Foundation Testifies Before House Appropriations Committee on Senate Budget Plan

• May 21, 2009

HARRISBURG, PA — Commonwealth Foundation president and CEO Matthew J. Brouillette testified today before the House Appropriations Committee that the Senate’s budget plan (SB 850) is a step toward putting…

Press Release

Regulation

Now is the Time to Practice Fiscal Restraint

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 21, 2009

Testimony of Mathew J. Brouillette President & CEO, Commonwealth Foundation, to the PA House Appropriations Committee Thank you for the invitation to share the Commonwealth Foundation’s analysis and perspective on…

Testimony

Education

Get the Quarter Back

• Nathan Benefield
• May 15, 2009

There is an old joke, with many variations that goes something like this: a foreigner came to visit a friend in America, and they went to watch a Pittsburgh Steelers…

Commentary