Taxes & Economy

Governor Rendell Earns a D on Fiscal Policy

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • September 30, 2010

Cato’s 2010 Fiscal Report Card on America’s Governors is out. Not surprisingly, Pennsylvania ranks low. With a score of 40 points, Gov. Ed Rendell earns a D for his…

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Government Accountability

Government Ethics: Alaska vs. Pennsylvania

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 22, 2009

Amanda Carpenter writes about a report that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin may be cited (though no penalties would be attached) for ethics violations for … wait for it ……

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State Budget

Sanford to Refuse Stimulus Funds – Example for Rendell

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 11, 2009

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has announced he will reject much of the federal stimulus dollars coming to his state.  Like Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, he recognizes that…

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Regulation

Six Years of Rendells Stimulus is Enough

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 27, 2009

Gov. Ed Rendell is, as head of the National Governor’s Association as well as the chief of a state facing a major revenue shortfall, leading the push for a federal…

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Regulation

Rocky Balboa and the trouble with occupational licensing

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 5, 2008

The Moving Pictures Institute has put together the clip from Rocky Balboa in which Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) fights the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission for his right to box.

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Taxes & Economy

Governors Against State Bailouts

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 3, 2008

While Governor Rendell and others state executives are asking for taxpayers to bail them out (see related article in The Bulletin) but want to pass the buck…

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Taxes & Economy

Don’t bail out out our state!

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 18, 2008

The Commonwealth Foundation has joined with 58 other groups (led by the NTU) sending a letter to Congress on why a bailout of state and local governments…

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Taxes & Economy

Blame greed: Has America Been Punked?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 1, 2008

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford mocks the notion that “greed” caused the financial crisis (that might have caused trouble had he been named McCain’s VP choice) and places the…

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