Taxes & Economy

Rendell pleads for more spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 27, 2008

Tony Phyrillas comments on Governor Rendell’s latest plea for legislators to borrow, tax, and spend more. Rendell claims that for a few dollars more, he can fix all our…

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House Open Records bill weakened

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 19, 2007

AP story can be found here Reading Eagle story on Rep. Caltagirone (a cosponsor) withdrawing support following the changes.

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Clamor for more taxes and spending

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 9, 2007

Reading Eagle editorial repreats many of the Wrong Lessons of the Minnesota bridge collapse – namely that the problem is a lack of funding and taxes for transportation.

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Public schools hate competition

  • June 15, 2007

There’s a great bumper sticker that says, “Don’t Steal. The Government Hates Competition.” The public schools are no different. They hate competition too, and that’s why they want to reduce…

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Passing the buck on Act 1 tax hikes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 9, 2007

The Reading Eagle with more on using exemptions to avoid referendum on property tax hikes. A number of lawmakers are trying to defend the ineffective law they created: Rep.

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PHEAA runs up bills for wives

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 15, 2007

Listing of PHEAA Conference expenses compiled by Jan Murphy featured in the Tribune Review. The list is absolutely amazing. Meanwhile Sen. Michael O’Pake stated that the PHEAA board,…

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Are Pennsylvania kids too fat?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 18, 2006

A report released last from the Governor’s Cabinet on Children and Families addresses our state strategy in taking on childhood obesity. Most of the report lists the ways state…

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Regulation

Pension Editorials

  • March 24, 2006

The Valley Independent believes that the “Pension battle should be instructive,” while the Reading Eagle suggests that the “State pension plan needs to be revised.”…

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