Taxes & Economy

Protecting the Taxpayers

• January 30, 2007

Proposals will help Gov. Rendell make government live within its means HARRISBURG, PA — The Commonwealth Foundation joined Senator Bob Regola (R-Westmoreland), Senator Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon), and other members of…

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Health Care

The Pension and Healthcare Non-Crisis

• Richard Dreyfuss
• January 29, 2007

Despite the well-documented unfunded liabilities in Pennsylvania’s largest public employee pension plans (PSERS and SERS), the response from Harrisburg to the coming fiscal crisis ranges from denial to paralysis. Following…

Commentary

PHEAA’s “knockwursts” to continue…

• January 26, 2007

The Patriot-News reports that the legislator-laden board of PHEAA will likely continue its junkets…but call them something else. But as reported in the story…. Matt Brouillette, president of…

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Health Care

Governor Rendell’s Healthcare Misdiagnosis

• Nathan Benefield
• January 25, 2007

As healthcare costs continue to rise faster than consumers’ ability to pay, it is clear that we need to alter how we pay for healthcare. Recently, Governor Rendell unveiled a…

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Health Care

CF Responds to Democratic Party Chairman on RendellCare

• January 23, 2007

TJ RooneyDemocratic State Committee300 North 2nd Street8th FloorHarrisburg, PA 17101 Dear TJ: I am writing in response to your personal letter to me (which I have…

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Health Care

Treating the Symptom Rather than the Cause

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 22, 2007

Governor Rendell wants to expand health insurance to 767,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians by increasing taxes on employers and tobacco users, to name just a few. The full costs have yet to…

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New Pa. House members get free cars

• Nathan Benefield
• January 19, 2007

Nearly half of the new state legislators are taking taxpayer-funded cars, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (see list of lawmakers, vehicles, and price tag here). The quandry some have…

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Taxes & Economy

Public-Private Partnerships: Paying for Our Paving

• January 17, 2007

Pennsylvania is facing a $1.7 billion annual shortfall in funding for roads, bridges and mass transit. The only thing worse than the deficit is the proposed “solution” to this shortfall:…

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Will leasing PA Turnpike be a 21st-century taxpayer bargain?

• December 31, 2006

Will leasing PA Turnpike be a 21st-century taxpayer bargain?By MARC LEVYAssociated Press Writer HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP, Dec. 30) – Let the bidding begin. With lots of private money looking…

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