State Budget

Limit Growth of Government to Protect Taxpayers

  • June 6, 2012

We must face a simple fact:  The General Assembly will act only when it has no alternative.  Therefore, the only way to restrain spending and avoid hitting the fiscal iceberg…

Commentary

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Government Accountability

Why Walker’s Win Pushes Principled Pa. Policies

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • June 6, 2012

Make no mistake, Wisconsin is sending a message to the Keystone State. If you are a Pennsylvania politician, that message is loud, clear and ignored only at your own peril.

Media

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Criminal Justice Reform

Committee Advances Real Corrections Reform

  • June 5, 2012

Policymakers moved one step closer to replacing Pennsylvania’s ineffective corrections policies with those that lower crime rates, reduce re-offending, and control spending. During today’s House Judiciary committee, Rep. Glen Grell…

Media

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Regulation

The Unseen Effect of Cracker Credits

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 5, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett is reportedly pushing a targeted tax credit for Shell and other companies that locate an ethane processing plant—often called a “cracker” plant—in Pennsylvania. The credit would…

Media

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Government Accountability

Pa. Teachers Forced to Pay for Wisconsin Politics

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 5, 2012

Want to find out how the Pennsylvania State Education Association is spending teachers’ dues?  You chould check out the state of Wisconsin’s campaign finance disclosure site. That’s right, the…

Media

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State Budget

Getting Rich Off the Poor: Examining Welfare Abuse

  • June 5, 2012

  Over the past few years, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare conducted a series of audits and uncovered many questionable practices among state contractors. Some providers of welfare…

Fact Sheet

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Regulation

Top-10 Reasons to Choose Booze or Lose

  • June 4, 2012

The Terrible 10: Whether You’re a Boozer (drinker) or Chooser (non-drinker), the PLCB Makes You a Loser.  Find out the top-10 reasons that government in the booze business is a…

Media

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Welfare

Taking the Road Less Traveled: Fostering Private Charity Care

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • June 4, 2012

Our current welfare system is failing our most vulnerable citizens and bankrupting our commonwealth. Despite skyrocketing welfare spending, 15,420 individuals with intellectual disabilities…

Media

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