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

State Budget

Taxing An Infant Industry to Death

• May 13, 2009

Home to the first oil well in the United States, Pennsylvania has returned to the drilling scene in recent years, looking to tap into an estimated 50 trillion cubic feet…

Commentary

Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Path to Prosperity

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 7, 2009

In any economic crisis, politicians scramble to “do something” to show voters they’re   “on the job.”  Ironically, the greatest threat to our recovery is not government’s inaction, but rather its…

Commentary

Education

Saving School Choice (and Savings of School Choice)

• Nathan Benefield
• May 5, 2009

Great new video from ReasonTV on the DC Voucher program, and the threats to eliminate it, despite a US Department of Education report that it helps improves student learning…

Media