Taxes & Economy

PA Political Math: Higher Taxes = Taxpayer “Savings”

Matthew Brouillette
November 29, 2004

A recent news release from Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman Alan Novak congratulated "Republican leaders and lawmakers ... for stopping Gov. Ed Rendell yet again from raising taxes on hard-working Pennsylvania…

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Taxes & Economy

A Lack of Economic Freedom Threatens Our Political Freedom

November 18, 2004

One of the primary purposes of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions is to protect and preserve citizens' political freedom. The Founders realized that the American experiment could not succeed…

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Taxes & Economy

Economic Freedom: Endangered in Pennsylvania

November 16, 2004

Only 5 states perform worse than Pennsylvania in a national ranking of "economic freedom," according to a new study released today (in association with Forbes magazine) by the San Francisco-based…

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Government Accountability

Give Taxpayers Same Deal Legislators Get

November 10, 2004

Members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly are set to receive their annual automatic pay increase on December 1. Now keep in mind that our state legislators are already, according to…

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Public Union Democracy

Time to Labor to End Compulsory Unionism

October 31, 2004

"We want a legislative program led by leaders and staff with sufficient clout that they may roam the halls of Congress and collect votes to reorder the priorities of the…

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Education

Union Propaganda Can’t Hide Charter Schools’ Success

October 24, 2004

There they go again. Back in July 2002, during a slow news period, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a school employee labor union, issued a widely cited report "showing"…

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Regulation

Telecommunications

October 14, 2004

The debate over the future of high-tech communications development in Pennsylvania parallels the debate over statewide economic development policy in general: Should state government raise taxes on families and businesses…

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Taxes & Economy

Some truth in advertising, please!

September 21, 2004

As visitors to Harrisburg approach the State Capitol, they'll likely notice a number of quotations from luminaries of Pennsylvania history--including William Penn and Benjamin Franklin--testifying to the virtue of liberty.

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Taxes & Economy

Liberty: The Highest Political End

Matthew Brouillette
September 15, 2004

Mark Twain supposedly once quipped that "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." He must have had the Pennsylvania General Assembly in mind.

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