Regulation

Should Taxpayers Subsidize Chocolate Making?

September 20, 2012

I testified yesterday before the House Finance Committee about how government-directed “economic development” hampers economic growth. A prime example of this happened Tuesday, where taxpayers forked over more…

Media

Regulation

Growing Pennsylvania’s Economy

September 19, 2012

Testimony of Katrina M. Currie to Pennsylvania House Finance Committee, September 19, 2012 Good afternoon, my name is Katrina Currie; I am a policy analyst for the Commonwealth Foundation, Pennsylvania’s…

Testimony

Health Care

Pennsylvania Medicaid Spending and the Affordable Care Act

Elizabeth Stelle
September 17, 2012

Current Medicaid spending trends are unsustainable. Medicaid spending (Medical Assistance and Long Term Care) consumes about 30 percent of Pennsylvania's total state operating budget. In the past decade, Medicaid spending…

Memo

Welfare

Corbett Rejects Ruinous Welfare Reverse-Reform

Elizabeth Stelle
September 11, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett has rejected the Obama administration’s waiver to water down welfare work requirements in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. In a letter to the…

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Taxes & Economy

Fix Welfare to Protect Poor, Save Taxpayers

Elizabeth Stelle
August 21, 2012

Despite prevalent evidence showing the current welfare system does irreparable harm by trapping families and children in a cycle of poverty, presumptive Republican vice-presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to…

Commentary

Health Care

Medicaid Waivers & the Looming Fiscal Crisis

Elizabeth Stelle
April 9, 2012

In the waning days of 2008, the state of Rhode Island secured a global waiver for its Medicaid program. The waiver exempted the state from many federal rules and mandates in exchange for a…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Who Wants to Pay More for Electricity?

March 6, 2012

A new study by the Manhattan Institute confirms that forcing states to purchase renewable energy hurts taxpayers. Pennsylvania is one of the 29 states (as well as the…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Saving the Amazon (in Pennsylvania)

July 11, 2011

When it comes to stopping the spree of tax hikes, the Pennsylvania legislature and Gov. Tom Corbett got it right this past session. In response, the world’s largest online retailer,…

Media

Health Care

Pennsylvania Welfare Spending & Medicaid

May 20, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed FY 2011-12 budget would represent the first time General Fund spending on the Department of Public Welfare would exceed that for the Department of Education.

Fact Sheet