Positions available through Koch Associate Program

  • January 14, 2008

The Commonwealth Foundation is excited to be a part of the 2008-09 Koch Associate Program!    We’re working with the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation to find candidates for a position…

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Government Accountability

Fluid races could make Pa.’s late primary important

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 14, 2008

Peter Jackson commentary on the potential “influence” of the PA primary in April. While there has been a push to move the primary up in the calendar so that…

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Taxes & Economy

More on cutting PA Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 11, 2008

Press Enterprise editorial on the proposal to cut the income tax in Pennsylvania: You won’t hear anything even remotely like it when Big Ed makes his annual…

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Tax Cuts and the PA Economy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 11, 2008

Altoona Mirror has a story on proposals to cut the Pennsylvania Personal Income Tax. I had a couple other comments that didn’t make it into the print edition, and…

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Taxes & Economy

Benefits of Reducing the Personal Income Tax

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • January 10, 2008

Thank you Chairman Turzai, Rep. Quigley, and members of the House Republican Policy Committee for the invitation to share with you why the Commonwealth Foundation believes that reducing taxes…

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Common Sense of Bonusgate

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 7, 2008

Paul Jacob of The Sam Adams Alliance weighs in on Pennsylvania’s “Bonusgate”. Listen to the audio version here.

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Of Calendars and Porn Taxes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 7, 2008

Policy Blog may only be #6 in this weeks PA Blog Influence Ranking, but we made some noise over the weekend. The Pittsburgh Tribune Review featured a story…

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How states encourge higher uninsurance rates

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 5, 2008

Wall Street Journal article by Tarren Bragdon questions Why does New York spend more on Medicaid — a health-care program for the poor — than every other state…

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Lawmakers have priorities confused

  • January 2, 2008

This Letter to the Editor at The REPUBLICAN & Herald succinctly nails what’s wrong with Harrisburg. We need more such letters in newspapers across Pennsylvania. Actually, we need more…

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