Regulation

Betting On Gambling: Potential Costs and Consequences for Pennsylvania

Matthew Brouillette
March 3, 2003

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Education

Getting More, Paying Less: Children, Taxpayers, and Public Schools Benefit from the Educational Improvement Tax Credit

March 1, 2003

Executive Summary The public school system is one of the most expansive and expensive government monopolies in America. Yet both real-world experience and economic research suggest that this monopoly of…

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Taxes & Economy

Parent Reform: The Next Movement in Public Education?

February 21, 2003

Lebanon sure isn’t Lake Wobegon where, as Garrison Keillor tells it, all the children are above average. Heck, this Lebanon, Pennsylvania school district is apparently so troubled by children, it’s…

Commentary

Regulation

The Economic Impacts of Introducing Slot Machines at Racetracks in Pennsylvania: A Review of the Penn State Harrisburg Study

February 21, 2003

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State Budget

Rightsizing State Government: Solutions to Pennsylvanias Fiscal and Economic Challenges

February 19, 2003

Executive Summary “[W]e must find a way to make government live within its means. That is my first priority as governor. We must act now, and we cannot fail. We…

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Taxes & Economy

Creating A Truly New Pennsylvania

Matthew Brouillette
January 30, 2003

Pennsylvanians with high hopes that Governor Ed Rendell’s economic development policies will create a “new Pennsylvania” had better be prepared for disappointment. The new governor’s recent public comments make it…

Commentary

Education

School Taxes and Education Quality: Rendells Rhetoric Versus Reality

Matthew Brouillette
January 22, 2003

Governor Rendell’s inaugural speech reiterated his campaign promise to reform Pennsylvania’s school funding and property tax system while boosting the state’s share of total school revenue to 50 percent. But…

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Public Union Democracy

Nobody should be forced to pay for someone elses politics!

Matthew Brouillette
October 22, 2002

Testimony of Matthew J. Brouillette, President, Commonwealth Foundation Thank you Mr. Chairman and Members of the House Labor Relations Committee for the invitation to testify this morning on an important…

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Education

Waiting at the Cradle

Matthew Brouillette
October 16, 2002

"Hey, what about the kids?" That is the slogan for a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign called "Focus Five for Kids," created to highlight children's issues during the Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign.

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