State Budget

Reversing the Status Quo in Pennsylvania

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 8, 2016

Higher government spending and raising taxes—while ignoring key fiscal reforms—is the status quo in Pennsylvania. For 45 years, government spending has steadily risen, increasing by an inflation-adjusted $13,800 per family of four or $3,450…

Memo

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Regulation

Audio: Gov. Wolf’s Vetoes Keep the Status Quo Alive

  • Jonathan Reginella
  • July 8, 2015

Gov. Wolf promised to be a governor who would eliminate Pennsylvania’s destructive status quo. So how did he respond when state legislators put a budget without tax increases, a bill…

Media

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Education

Education Commission Proposes Smarter, Student-Based Spending

  • June 18, 2015

Education Commission Proposes Smarter,Student-Based Spending Commission Tailors Funding to Student Need, Rejects Broken Status-Quo Good afternoon, The Commonwealth Foundation has long advocated for an education funding formula…

Press Release

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