Education

Cyber School Students Deserve Adequate Funding

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 19, 2007

Thank you, Chairman Roebuck and members of this committee for inviting us to speak today. My name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research with the…

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Taxes & Economy

The Hype for Energy Indebtedness

  • September 17, 2007

Governor Ed Rendell contends that his energy policy will help the Commonwealth attain “energy independence.” Don’t believe the hype. His plan imposes new taxes to cover the costs…

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Health Care

Health Care Reform: Diagnose, Then Prescribe

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 10, 2007

Following the latest Census Bureau report that 47 million Americans are without health insurance, the talking heads and newspaper editorial boards are renewing their call for “something to…

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Fumo still doesn’t like Turnpike Lease idea

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 9, 2007

Patriot News article cites Vince Fumo as evidence that legislators don’t like the idea of a Turnpike lease. As Fumo put it, the turnpike “is what it is,…

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Tolling I-80: What a crock

  • September 5, 2007

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Harrisburg’s transportation boondoggle: “It was hatched behind closed doors without debate or public input.” Read today’s commentary from Matt Brouillette too.

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Choosing to Pay Interest, Rather Than Earn It

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • September 5, 2007

Is it financially better to earn interest or to pay interest? Seems like a rhetorical question. It should be. However, Governor Rendell and the General Assembly chose to make…

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Road Work

  • August 28, 2007

On the two year anniversary of Hurrican Katrina, Joel Kotkin in today’s Wall Street Journal notes how politicians push aside the more mundane aspects of “governing” for “the ephemeral…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage COLAs: Overstated Benefits & Hidden Costs

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 22, 2007

Support for minimum wage increases is based on the idea that a higher minimum wage will “help the poor” by increasing their pay and lifting them out of poverty.

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Welfare

Public Welfare Needs Assistance

  • August 21, 2007

Although the 2007-2008 budget controversy is fading from the limelight, the exorbitant spending it authorizes cannot be overlooked. One of the largest portions of state spending is public welfare,…

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