Health Care

Treating the Symptom Rather than the Cause

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 22, 2007

Governor Rendell wants to expand health insurance to 767,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians by increasing taxes on employers and tobacco users, to name just a few. The full costs have yet to…

Commentary

New Pa. House members get free cars

• Nathan Benefield
• January 19, 2007

Nearly half of the new state legislators are taking taxpayer-funded cars, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (see list of lawmakers, vehicles, and price tag here). The quandry some have…

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Public Health Insurance is Not Sustainable

• Nathan Benefield
• January 18, 2007

Fraser Institute study reports that “health insurance costs are growing faster than our ability to pay.” While this may sound like a report that would support Governor Rendell’s “…

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Taxes & Economy

Public-Private Partnerships: Paying for Our Paving

• January 17, 2007

Pennsylvania is facing a $1.7 billion annual shortfall in funding for roads, bridges and mass transit. The only thing worse than the deficit is the proposed “solution” to this shortfall:…

Commentary

State workers have it good in Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• January 16, 2007

Tony Phyrillas in the Pottstown Mercury.

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State’s with Worst Roads

• Nathan Benefield
• January 14, 2007

AOL.com article on states with the worst roads – Pennsylvania ranks 2nd worst among the 50 states, ahead only of hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. Just another reason why we should…

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House Already Reforming Itself

• Nathan Benefield
• January 10, 2007

The PA House Republicans spent much of the past week discussing how best to enact reform – and deciding their first step would be to create a new caucus…

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Leasing the Turnpike

• Nathan Benefield
• January 8, 2007

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial on a turnpike lease: But there’s resistance in the Keystone State where many people think only the government should operate public infrastructure. Is that because it…

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Minimum Wage Impact

• Nathan Benefield
• January 3, 2007

Coverage of the new Pennsylvania minimum wage and its impact on local businesses in the Carlisle Sentinel and the News Item. While local businesses feel the pinch and…

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