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

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

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…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission vs. PennDOT

• March 3, 2008

Act 44 of 2007 dramatically expanded the scope and power of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) to increase tolls on the 537-mile Turnpike; enter into a lease agreement with…

Fact Sheet

Taxes & Economy

Foreigners Create Jobs

• Matthew Brouillette
• February 27, 2008

With transportation funding from last year's Act 44 looking increasingly unlikely to materialize, Gov. Rendell is wisely continuing to push for a private-sector lease of the Pennsylvania Turnpike as part…

Commentary

Health Care

RendellCare: What Would Jesus Do?

• Nathan Benefield
• February 24, 2008

Remember the passage in the Bible where Jesus called upon the Roman Empire to provide universal, government-run health insurance? What! There’s no such passage? Perhaps someone should point that…

Commentary

VIDEO: Critics Say Turnpike Needs Reform

• Nathan Benefield
• February 14, 2008

NBC 5 Video on the Turnpike Commission’s dining expenses charged to drivers. They spent a mindboggling total of $1,800 at Haydn’s on Pine in Harrisburg in June 2007 (when…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Is Rendell Nuts?

• February 7, 2008

Pennsylvania governor confuses taxpayers with leprechauns HARRISBURG, PA — In Gov. Ed Rendell’s FY 2008-09 budget address, he called for higher and new taxes that, if passed by the…

Press Release

Taxes & Economy

Grow the Economy, Not Government

• February 5, 2008

Rendell misplaces his faith in government to stimulate the economy HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation expressed disappointment in Gov. Ed Rendell’s FY 2008-09 budget proposal that would…

Press Release