Education

No School Tax Referendums in Pennsylvania this Year

• Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
• March 21, 2012

Remember the gnashing of teeth over “cuts” in state education subsidies (driven by the end of federal stimulus money)? The education establishment and partisan critics of Gov. Corbett insisted this…

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Public Union Democracy

Streamlining State Government Testimony

• Nathan Benefield
• March 15, 2011

Thank you Chairman Smucker and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify before you today. I’m Nate Benefield, Director of Policy Research at the Commonwealth Foundation for…

Testimony

Regulation

Presentation on PA State Spending & Fiscal Crunch: What Now

• Nathan Benefield
• November 19, 2010

My presentation to the Berks County Patriots on Pennsylvania state spending and the fiscal and economic challenges facing Pennsylvania is available below, or can be downloaded here:…

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Taxes & Economy

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

• Nathan Benefield
• June 8, 2009

Reading Eagle writer Mary Young opines that, in the state budget debate, both sides should simply get along. She advocates basically splitting the difference between the Senate’s $27.3…

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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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