Commonwealth Foundation Launches Bi-Weekly Podcast

  • August 10, 2016

Commonwealth Foundation Launches Bi-Weekly Podcast 'Commonwealth Insight’ to Feature Entrepreneurs, Policy Makers, & Thought Leaders August 10, 2016, HARRISBURG, Pa.—The Commonwealth Foundation today launched Commonwealth Insight, a bi-weekly podcast…

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Commonwealth Insight

  • August 10, 2016

Commonwealth Insight is the podcast of the Commonwealth Foundation. Every other week, we'll post new episodes featuring leaders and influencers in our state and country. Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Google…

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Taxes & Economy

Punitive e-Cigarette Tax Could Ax 300 Shops, 1,500 Jobs

  • August 8, 2016

Punitive e-Cigarette Tax Could Ax 300 shops, 1,500 Jobs Bill Would Reverse 40-Percent Retroactive Tax Poised to Crush Pa. Small Businesses August 8, 2016, Harrisburg, Pa.—Chris Hughes…

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State Budget

5 Reasons To Fear Bigger Tax Hikes in 2017

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 4, 2016

The 2016-17 budget has passed, yet it remains unbalanced, relying on borrowing money and yet-to-be-passed legislation. Many revenue estimates are overly optimistic. Without efforts to reduce spending or reform cost drivers like pensions…

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Education

Education Choice Benefits All

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 3, 2016

Private school choice programs benefit students, public schools, and taxpayers, according to new report from EdChoice. The report, the fourth edition of A Win-Win Solution: The Empirical Evidence on…

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Regulation

Government Favoritism Hurts Honest Businesses

  • August 2, 2016

Buried in a little debated 267-page tax code bill is a provision emblematic of Pennsylvania’s corporate welfare culture. The provision directs hotel tax revenue generated inside a Neighborhood…

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State Budget

Games? eBooks? Music? There’s a Tax for That

  • August 1, 2016

Games? eBooks? Music? There’s a Tax for That Digital Downloads Tax Takes Effect Today August 1, 2016, Harrisburg, Pa.—Pennsylvanians who didn’t stock up on iTunes, eBooks, and game apps…

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Regulation

Why Dori is Fighting Back Against Government Overreach

  • July 29, 2016

On Wednesday, we shared with you Chris’s fight to save his small business from a devastating tax increase. Regrettably, Chris’s business isn’t the only one threatened by the new…

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Regulation

Pennsylvania’s Prime Subsidies to Amazon

  • James Paul
  • July 26, 2016

Corporate welfare projects and celebratory press releases go together like peanut butter and jelly. For the most recent example in Pennsylvania, see the latest from the governor’s communications office:…

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