Taxes & Economy

The “Fair Share” Canard

• Matthew Brouillette
• December 16, 2010

Tonight, I’ll be on WITF’s Smart Talk to discuss why jobs aren’t coming back quicker and if we should allow tax rates to increase (i.e., allow the Bush tax…

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Blog Roundup

• August 11, 2010

Here’s some recent link love for CF: PhillyNow criticizes Rendell’s “inability” to make budget cuts, while pointing to CF’s A Taxpayer’s Budget, which identifies $4 billion in possible…

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Regulation

Rendell Teaches Obama How to Create Phony Jobs

• November 2, 2009

A report released on Friday by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services shows 7,400 jobs have been either created or retained(Capitolwire Subscription) in Pennsylvania using federal stimulus dollars. Jim…

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Education

What Does This Blog Post Inspire You to Do?

• Nathan Benefield
• September 3, 2009

When I first heard of President Obama’s planned speech to all students, I didn’t think much of it. I imagined he’d say things like “Don’t do drugs! Stay in school!”…

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Health Care

Satisfaction with Health Care: U.S. v Canada

• Nathan Benefield
• May 8, 2009

John Lott has some interesting research on the satisfaction of U.S. and Canadians on their health care.  The primary finding of his study (downloadable here), is that Canadians…

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Government Accountability

Pennsylvania’s Lawsuit Racket

• Nathan Benefield
• April 8, 2009

The Wall Street Journal has a scathing piece on pay-to-play politics in Harrisburg, specifically in relation to Gov. Rendell and his ties to another law-firm (HT John Lott):…

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Taxes & Economy

Some Stimulating Reading

• Nathan Benefield
• January 16, 2009

Here are some quick reads about the proposed federal “Economic Stimulus” package Heritage has 10 Questions about the Economic Stimulus Bill Amanda Carpenter summarizes the 13-page official summary…

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Health Care

Hawaii drops universal health care for kids, cites “crowd out”

• Nathan Benefield
• October 20, 2008

Hawaii is dropping its “universal” health care program for children, in part because it is too costly (particularly given a budget crunch), but also because of the trend know…

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Taxes & Economy

Thoughts on the bailout plan

• Nathan Benefield
• September 22, 2008

Heritage Foundation has a Webmemo on the federal plans to bail out the mortgage market, along with a list of recommendations. You can get the legislation…

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