Public Union Democracy

The Grinch Who Would Steal Seniors’ Christmas

• Nathan Benefield
• December 20, 2012

A faux-grassroots group funded by government unions is protesting a proposed contract for a private company to manage the Pennsylvania Lottery. The deal would guarantee a minimum of…

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Is privatizing Pennsylvania Lottery a smart bet? Lawmakers offer mixed opinions

• November 23, 2012

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States Tap Public-Private Partnerships in 2011

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 27, 2012

Public-private partnerships aren’t just for roads anymore. Reason’s Annual Privatization Report, released this week, is packed with diverse examples of states leveraging the private sector to stretch tax dollars.  In California,…

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Lottery Contract Could Make Everyone a Winner

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 4, 2012

The lottery is on the minds of those in Harrisburg this week, but it has nothing to do with the $656 Mega Millions jackpot won by three lucky ticket…

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State Bus Tour to Promote PA Lottery

• Nathan Benefield
• March 6, 2009

From the “Are you kidding me?” department is this announcement that, despite a massive budget deficit, the state is launching a statewide bus tour to promote a new Pennsylvania…

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PA Lottery lags overall economic growth

• Nathan Benefield
• July 22, 2008

There have been seemingly conflicting media reports on the Pennsylvania’s Lottery growth. Tom Barnes in the Post Gazette repeats, without analysis, the state revenue department’s self-congratulatory release by writing…

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Lottery Dollars ARE Tax Dollars!

• July 17, 2008

PA Secretary of Revenue Tom Wolf recently wrote to the Commonwealth Foundation about a mailing we sent out to members of the General Assembly highlighting the inappropriate use…

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