Taxes & Economy

No “Free Lunch” for Pennsylvania

January 26, 2005

"Nobody spends somebody else's money as carefully as he spends his own," the Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once remarked. For decades, Pennsylvania's state government has spent billions of taxpayer…

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Taxes & Economy

Competition: The Real Solution to Public Transit’s “Crisis”

December 16, 2004

Pennsylvania's two major public transit agencies--the Philadelphia-based Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the Pittsburgh-based Port Authority Transit (PAT)--are facing a financial crisis. But it's not due to a lack…

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Taxes & Economy

“Strike the Root” of Pennsylvania’s Competitive Disadvantage

December 2, 2004

Henry David Thoreau once wrote that "For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root"--meaning that when confronted with a problem, most people…

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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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