State Budget

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Who Signed No Taxes Pledge

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 22, 2009

Twenty-nine Pennsylvania Legislators have signed American for Tax Reform’s Taxpayer Protection Pledge, including six Democrats.  Click here to see exactly what they pledged not to do.  Assuming politicians…

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Government Accountability

More Taxpayer Money Wasted on Promotions and Marketing

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 19, 2009

I’m not sure if readers are aware of this, but Congress recently passed something called a “stimulus” bill a few weeks ago.  In order to publicize the stimulus funding,…

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Really “Nuts” on Economic Policy?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 18, 2009

We posted yesterday on the Turzai-Quigley proposal to cut state spending and tax rates.  Today Governor Rendell called Turzai “nuts” and his plan “ludicrous“.  Rendell has previously lambasted…

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Health Care

McCain is Right on Interstate Health Insurance

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 2, 2008

Merrill Matthews in the Wall Street Journal writes that John McCain’s plan to allow individuals and small businesses to buy insurance across state lines – a policy championed in…

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Health Care

Address Health Care, Not Health Insurance

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 24, 2008

Letter to the editor in The Daily Item focus on the Senate Republican’s health care reform plan, specifically their proposal to aid free clinics. While I agree with…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Senate Proposes Spending Diet

  • June 20, 2008

Low-growth budget is a step in the right direction, but will House and Governor agree?  HARRISBURG, PA — The Pennsylvania Senate recently passed a state spending plan for the upcoming…

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Taxes & Economy

Is Rendell Nuts?

  • February 7, 2008

Pennsylvania governor confuses taxpayers with leprechauns HARRISBURG, PA — In Gov. Ed Rendell’s FY 2008-09 budget address, he called for higher and new taxes that, if passed by the…

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Political hacks give bad policy advice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 27, 2007

Dick Morris offers the opinion that President Bush should sign the SCHIP expansion. Why? Because is a smaller version of socialized medicine than “Hillary Care” and will “take the…

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