Taxes & Economy

Dan Onorato’s Natural Gas Tax

• Nathan Benefield
• September 2, 2010

Gubernatorial Candidate Dan Onorato held a press conference yesterday announcing he supports a tax on natural gas extraction in Pennsylvania (and that he kinda-sorta opposes other tax…

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Taxes & Economy

PA Unemployment Fraud Adding to Already-Bankrupt System

• Nathan Benefield
• September 1, 2010

As PA Independent reports today, Pennsylvania had $374 million in overpayments for Unemployment Compensation (UC) last year, including $227 million in fraudulent claims, according to the US Department of…

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Education

Onorato Endorses School Choice Proposal

• Nathan Benefield
• August 12, 2010

On Tuesday, we released a commentary noting that both candidates for governor in Pennsylvania – Tom Corbett (R) and Dan Onorato (D) – were advocates…

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Blog Roundup

• August 11, 2010

Here’s some recent link love for CF: PhillyNow criticizes Rendell’s “inability” to make budget cuts, while pointing to CF’s A Taxpayer’s Budget, which identifies $4 billion in possible…

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Education

A School Choice Governor?

• August 10, 2010

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett recently made headlines by announcing his support for full-fledged school choice in Pennsylvania. Democrat Dan Onorato has also expressed support for school choice, particularly the…

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Can Tom Corbett keep his no-tax pledge?

• August 3, 2010

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Can Tom Corbett keep his ‘no tax’ pledge?

• August 1, 2010

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State Budget

How to Reduce Welfare Fraud

• Nathan Benefield
• July 28, 2010

Following Matt Brouillette’s commentary on whether Tom Corbett (should he win) can balance the budget and keep his ‘no tax’ pledge,…

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Taxes & Economy

Corbett on Death Tax and Farmers

• July 28, 2010

Governor hopeful, Tom Corbett, has voiced support for phasing out the state’s death tax. At a meeting organized by Farm Families for Tom Corbett and Pennsylvania Agricultural Republicans, Corbett cited…

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