Taxes & Economy

Three Reasons a Severance Tax Is a Bad Idea

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 25, 2017

The hunt for money to satisfy Harrisburg's overspending problem is in full gear. Lawmakers and special interests want to impose an additional tax on gas extraction in the Marcellus Shale, the…

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State Budget

More Budget Scare Tactics

• Nathan Benefield
• September 18, 2017

Gov. Wolf announced on Friday that he will delay $1.7 billion in payments to Medicaid providers (for a week) and to the public school employees' pension fund. The governor cited the General…

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State Budget

House Lawmakers Vote to Protect Taxpayers

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 14, 2017

Last night, 103 House lawmakers voted for a no-tax, no-borrowing plan that will balance the state budget once fully implemented. Please take a moment to thank those lawmakers.

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State Budget

Inquirer Hurls Insults While Lawmakers Embrace Budget Solutions

• September 7, 2017

Yesterday, The Philadelphia Inquirer published an editorial (paywall) attacking House Republicans for defending Pennsylvanians against tax increases and working to avoid driving the state deeper into debt. The editorial…

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Health Care

Five Medicaid Work Requirement Truths

• Elizabeth Stelle
• August 24, 2017

Work leaves families better off. To ignore this fact and urge people to trust a failing Medicaid system is nothing short of a moral scandal.

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State Budget

Doubling Down on Tax Increases

• July 27, 2017

Bucking calls to responsibly balance the budget, the state Senate passed a plan to borrow more than $1.2 billion and raise taxes by more than $570 million. The total tax…

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Tax Hikes Won’t Fix Deficit, Reforms Will

• Nathan Benefield
• July 26, 2017

Tax hikes won’t fix the structural deficit. We just raised taxes last year, having a devastating impact on vape shops, and have raised taxes four times in the last…

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Health Care

Obamacare Continues to Destabilize Health Insurance

• Elizabeth Stelle
• July 25, 2017

Obamacare repeal efforts have included transformative Medicaid reform, but retained many of the regulations responsible for collapsing individual markets. On Friday, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department released shocking individual insurance rate requests…

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State Budget

News Release: State House Promotes Pathway to Independence in Welfare Code

• July 12, 2017

House lawmakers yesterday passed significant welfare reforms to reinforce the safety net for those most in need while helping more Pennsylvanians escape the cycle of poverty and move from dependency…

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