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Porkers win the day, again

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 14, 2008

A few days ago, I remarked that the DeMint-McCain earmark moratorium was likely to pass the Senate, as both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton had signed on.

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Dunk’s Commentaries

  • August 21, 2007

Bill Dunkelberg–who is a Commonwealth Foundation Board Member, Temple economics professor, and chief economist for the NFIB–provides these regular commentaries on today’s issues. Here’s his latest installment… With…

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Real Consideration of Turnpike Lease?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 20, 2007

Pete DeCoursey at Capitolwire is reporting that not only is Governor Rendell continuing to press for a Turnpike Lease, but that he has several supporters, including Sen. Jake…

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Clamor for more taxes and spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 9, 2007

Reading Eagle editorial repreats many of the Wrong Lessons of the Minnesota bridge collapse – namely that the problem is a lack of funding and taxes for transportation.

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The Wrong Lessons of the Bridge Collapse

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 7, 2007

Brad Edmonds with the Daily Commentary of the Mises Institute writes that privatizing bridges and roads, not more government control, will prevent tragedies like the Minnesota bridge collapse:…

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How to Keep Our Bridges Safe

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 4, 2007

Stephen Malanga in todays’s Wall Street Journal on how to address the need for new transportation infrastructure: It’s unlikely that public funds alone will supply what’s needed.

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The Politics of Disaster

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 3, 2007

Geoff Segal on the Reason Blog on the Minnesota bridge collapse and fixing transportation infrastructure. Here is what he had to say about our own Governor: Even Pennsylvania…

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Congressmen warn Governor about Turnpike lease

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 16, 2007

From Capitolwire.com. Having criticized the Governor in my previous post, I will give him praise for dismissing the anti-market rhetoric of two Democratic Congressmen. HARRISBURG (May 16) –…

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