State Budget

Pennsylvania’s Spending Limitation Bills

Matthew Brouillette
November 8, 2005

Pennsylvania is Exhibit #1 proving the axiom: “You can have government growth, or you can have economic growth, but you can’t have both!” For years, Pennsylvania public policy has increased…

Fact Sheet

Taxes & Economy

Protect Private Property from Eminent Domain Abuse

Matthew Brouillette
October 26, 2005

Thank you for the opportunity to address the issue of Eminent Domain. My name is Matt Brouillette, and I am president & CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation, a research and…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage: Facts

October 18, 2005

Proponents of artificial increases in the government-mandated minimum wage argue, among other things, that raising the hourly minimum wage will help to lift families with children out of poverty and…

Fact Sheet

Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage Politics, Bad Economic Policy

Matthew Brouillette
October 3, 2005

It wasn’t a corporate executive who said, “Right now Pennsylvania businesses carry a very high tax burden compared to states we compete with. We’re [a] very heavily taxed business state….

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Reform Government’s Claim on Your Domain

Matthew Brouillette
September 19, 2005

Pennsylvanians never really own their homes—they only “rent” them from the government. Don’t believe me? Just stop paying your school and county property taxes and you’ll find out who actually…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

The Effects of the Proposed Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Increase

September 13, 2005

In recent years, the movement to enact “living wages” or increases in the minimum wage has been active in states and cities across the country. Advocates of these wage hikes…

Report

Taxes & Economy

Singin’ Those Car Wash Blues

Matthew Brouillette
August 16, 2005

Setting aside the traditional economic arguments against increasing the state’s minimum wage rate, what impact would a proposal currently in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have on employees in a…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Protecting Private Property from Eminent Domain Abuse

Matthew Brouillette
August 9, 2005

Chairman Clymer, Rep. Yewcic and members of the House State Government Committee, good afternoon. My name is Matthew Brouillette and I am president & CEO of the Commonwealth Foundation for…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Government Clock Keeps on Tickin

July 29, 2005

We’re #1. That’s what the Pennsylvania Economy League discovered this month after comparing the overall cost of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to its counterparts in other states. The report on…

Commentary