Taxes & Economy

Today We Celebrate PA’s Tax Freedom Day

  • April 18, 2012

You might have thought Tax Freedom Day was April 17—the last day to file your taxes—but for Pennsylvania, it’s really today, April 18. Tax Freedom Day is calculated…

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Welfare

Why We Are Losing the War on Poverty

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 17, 2012

Michael Tanner, Director of Health and Welfare Studies at the Cato Institute, published a study that cuts to the heart of the poverty problem in the U.S. Tanner writes…

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Public Union Democracy

Union Party Speaks: Defend Union Agenda

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 16, 2012

We’ve mentioned many times that the real party controlling the Pennsylvania legislature is not the Republican Party, but rather the Union Party. Today, in a story by the Pittsburgh…

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Health Care

Medicaid Flexibility: The Key to a Sustainable Safety Net

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • April 13, 2012

As we inch towards the state budget deadline, welfare spending reductions in Pennsylvania continue to be contentious. The reductions that are proposed concentrate on 20 percent of spending, since…

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State Budget

Chart of the Day: Pennsylvania State Debt Payments

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 12, 2012

The chart of the day shows the growth in Pennsylvania General Fund Debt service over the past decade: from $350 million in fiscal year 2002-03 to $1.1 billion in Gov.

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Regulation

Government-run Golf a Taxpayer Double Bogey

  • April 11, 2012

Believe it or not, local governments, i.e., taxpayers, own 49 golf courses in Pennsylvania.  One of the poorest performers is Dauphin Highlands Golf Course, owned by Dauphin County taxpayers, which…

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State Budget

State Spending Limits for Pennsylvania

  • April 10, 2012

Prior to 2011-12, Pennsylvania's total operating budget had increased for at least 40 consecutive years. The Taxpayer Protection Act (TPA) would force lawmakers to limit government spending during boom years,…

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