Taxes & Economy

Reagonomics Works!

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 16, 2008

A new comparative study of economic growth among countries finds that big government results in slower economic growth, whereas countries with smaller government have greater growth. They also note that…

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Regulation

We Don’t Need a Climate Tax on the Poor

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 3, 2008

Sen. Inhofe in today’s Wall Street Journal outlines the consequences of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act: The Lieberman-Warner bill (America’s Climate Security Act) represents the largest tax increase…

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Health Care

Fixing Health Care in the States

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 29, 2008

The Wall Street Journal has two articles about health insurance reform in other states. First, from Florida, where the state has enacted a law that will allow low-cost, mandate…

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Taxes & Economy

Tax Lessons from Michigan

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 28, 2008

Michigan’s recent experience in tax policy, summed up in today’s Wall Street Journal, should offer a lesson to other states. After raising taxes to fill in a budget shortfall,…

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Taxes & Economy

Republicans Are in Denial

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 27, 2008

Tom Coburn in the Wall Street Journal writes on how “Compassionate Conservativsm” destroyed the Republican Party, and how the GOP’s problem isn’t “messaging”, its following through on principles. His…

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Turnpike Lease News Roundup

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 20, 2008

There are plenty of news articles on the Turnpike lease deal/bid, offering a number of legislative leaders and local lawmakers’ takes (articles quoting the Commonwealth Foundation listed first):…

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Taxes & Economy

Who Gets Federal Energy Subsidies?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 12, 2008

The Wall Street Journal has an article on who gets federal energy subsidies, based on a EIA report. The WSJ focuses most of the attention on electricity subsidies;…

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Government Accountability

The Keystone Primary Stakes

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 21, 2008

Michael Barone has a interesting column in the Wall Street Journal about the Pennsylvania primary, with a good, quick synopisis of Pennsylvania’s political history.

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South Carolina’s Contender

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 21, 2008

The Wall Street Journal had a piece on Saturday on the the Vice-Presidential prospects of Mark Sanford. I point it out not because my phone is ringing off the…

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