State Budget

Audio: Governor Wolf’s Big, Bad Budget

  • Jonathan Reginella
  • March 11, 2015

Gov. Wolf’s budget plan spends taxpayers’ money at $1,000 per second and would burden a family of four with an additional $1,419 in taxes at a time when Pennsylvanians…

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State Budget

Wolf’s $1,000 Per Second Spending Plan

  • March 10, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a budget with a spending rate clocking in at a blistering $1,000 per second. That means in the time it takes you to read this…

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Taxes & Economy

Families Benefit from Natural Gas Without Tax

  • Gordon Tomb
  • March 10, 2015

Of the many tax hikes in Gov. Wolf’s  budget proposal, the natural gas severance tax on the surface seems less damaging to Pennsylvania families. But a severance tax could hit…

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State Budget

Thirty Cents in Tax Relief for Every Dollar in New Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 9, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf touts property tax relief in his new budget, but fails to mention taxpayers are going to pay more—a lot more—in higher state taxes.  Over the next two…

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Regulation

Lesson from Washington State: Privatization Works

  • March 9, 2015

Is liquor privatization in Washington State a “failed experiment”? That’s the bold assertion from opponents of unshackling Pennsylvania from the chains of a government liquor monopoly. It’s also wrong. Washington…

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