Education

Handouts Hurting Poor, Help Up a Better Way

  • Charles Mitchell
  • December 12, 2012

The holidays are a great time to be grateful for the gifts we've received.  And, as we remember well, fallen Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney claimed that some Americans have…

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State Budget

Federal Funds Aren’t “Free”

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 20, 2012

There’s no such thing as a free lunch—meaning everything in life, including government programs, must be paid for.  Unfortunately, many advocates of government health insurance expansion explain the Affordable…

Media

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Criminal Justice Reform

Corrections Home Run for Gov. Corbett?

  • October 10, 2012

Under Gov. Tom Corbett’s leadership, Pennsylvania unanimously passed (Senate Bill 100) part of a landmark corrections reform package last session. SB 100, now Act 122 of 2012, aims to…

Media

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State Budget

Gov. Corbett Earns “A” for Fiscal Firefighting

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 9, 2012

Gov. Tom Corbett was one of only four governors to get an “A” in Cato Institute’s Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors. Corbett was joined by Govs. Sam…

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Welfare

NYT Blasts Corbett, Misses Facts

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • July 20, 2012

Recently, the New York Times ran an editorial that willfully neglected to mention the utter failure of more welfare spending to reduce poverty in Pennsylvania. The editorial was long on…

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Taxes & Economy

EPA Wants to Scare Jobs Out of Pennsylvania

  • July 6, 2012

The Environmental Protection Agency’s derailing of American’s economy is frightening enough to scare even the Ghostbusters (and they ain’t afraid of no ghost). Pennsylvania will be the 7th hardest hit…

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State Budget

Of Milestones and Things Left Undone | WEEKLY UPDATE

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • July 2, 2012

Do you get CF’s WEEKLY UPDATE every Monday?  If not, here’s what you’re missing.  Sign up here so you don’t miss next week’s message!    …

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