Education

Free-Market Approaches to Fiscal Policy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 27, 2007

Good morning. My name is Nathan Benefield; I am the Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation, a research and policy institute in Harrisburg. I want to thank the…

Testimony

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Education

Spending Restraint Needed

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 14, 2007

Good afternoon. My name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation. I would like to thank Chairman Armstrong and the members of the…

Testimony

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Spending Limits & the Budget

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 1, 2007

Budget Secretary Michael Masch had some interesting comments about government spending and the proposed Taxpayer Protection Act during yesterday’s Appropriation Committee hearing, courtesy of PLS Committee Summary (subscription):…

Media

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State Budget

State Government Spending

  • February 1, 2007

Over the last several decades, the growth in state government spending has exceeded both the rate of inflation and increases in the income of citizens. Unlimited government spending growth has…

Fact Sheet

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Federal income tax data

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 21, 2006

In response to the commenter on my last post here are some numbers on federal income tax receipts: for 2000 and 2004 from the Tax Foundation and 2006…

Media

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Think Twice on Tax Credits (Even Popular Ones)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 16, 2006

Tax Foundation analysis shows that tax credits mean that only 40% of income is taxed – in other words, if we eliminate these tax credits we could cut federal…

Media

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