Taxes & Economy

Concerns About Turnpike Lease Misguided

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 19, 2008

Testimony before the PA House Transportation Committee Good morning. I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research…

Testimony

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POLL: Informed Voters Support Turnpike Lease

  • March 18, 2008

Pennsylvanians prefer lease to higher taxes, new tolls, and more bonded debt HARRISBURG, PA — Informed registered voters in Pennsylvania say leasing the turnpike to an “experienced, qualified private sector…

Press Release

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Taxes & Economy

John Baer: Nutter & Obama are awesome

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 18, 2008

When Saturday Night Live made a mockery of the media’s gushing over Barack Obama, I was surprised at how quickly media-types responded by leveling some criticism and by starting some…

Media

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State Budget

Video: Jim DeMint on Earmark Moratorium

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 12, 2008

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina gives a masterful speech on the need for earmark reform in Washington (the same could be applied to handouts in Harrisburg).

Media

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Regulation

Mutually Exclusive: Pension COLAS and Lower Taxes

  • Richard Dreyfuss
  • March 10, 2008

In Government 101, we learn how a bill becomes law and the circuitous route that, at any stage of the political process, may derail a proposal. In fact, only 6.3%…

Commentary

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State Budget

Central PA Congressman and businesses giving up earmarks

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 10, 2008

Central Penn Business Journal on the Congressman Pitts and Platts joining those taking a moratorium on earmarks and the response of most business leaders – except the beneficiaries of…

Media

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Education

Determining the Cost of an Adequate Education

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 5, 2008

The Pennsylvania General Assembly recently commissioned a $650,000 study to determine what it “costs” to educate a child. The firm winning the commission reported that the state should increase spending…

Commentary

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Government Accountability

Influence-Peddling

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 5, 2008

John Stossel on Townhall.com on the rhetoric against “special interests” and “corporate lobbyists” in Washington (also applicable to Harrisburg): None of the reforms gets near root of the…

Media

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Study: Speculation and Predetermined Conclusions

  • March 4, 2008

House Democrats waste taxpayer money on useless report  HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation responded to a study released today by the House Democrats on the potential lease…

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