Regulation

Pull the Reins on Horse Racing Subsidies

• April 13, 2018

A horse is a horse, of course, of course, unless it's a Pennsylvania racehorse—then it's the symbol of government waste and an industry in decline. (Is that how this…

Media

How to Balance the 2017-18 Budget Without Tax Hikes

• September 27, 2017

Here’s how the Pennsylvania House can stop the Senate tax hikes and protect taxpayers from tax hikes and borrowing.

Commentary

How to Balance the 2017-18 Budget Without Tax Hikes

• September 27, 2017

Here’s how the Pennsylvania House can stop the Senate tax hikes and protect taxpayers from tax hikes and borrowing.

Commentary

Regulation

News Release: End Horse Racing’s $2.7 Billion Taxpayer-Funded Windfall

• July 6, 2017

State government spends $800 million on taxpayer-funding giveaways to politically connected businesses each year. As lawmakers and Gov. Wolf debate ways to pay for the $32 billion spending plan passed…

Press Release

Regulation

Policy Memo: Ideas to Balance the 2017-18 Budget

• Elizabeth Stelle
• July 5, 2017

With a spending plan in place, lawmakers should focus their efforts on reinventing state government to balance the budget, including ending horse racing subsidies.

Memo

Regulation

Should Pennsylvania Subsidize Horse Racing?

• May 2, 2017

Last month the House passed a General Fund budget that included more than $56 million in corporate welfare reductions. At the time, we indicated even more reductions were possible given…

Media

State Subsidies for International Billionaire

• May 17, 2016

Last year the state financed a $1 million purse (prize money) for a multi-billionaire whose horse won the Pennsylvania Derby. Seriously. The billionaire also happens to be the vice…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Leader of the Free World?

• Elizabeth Stelle
• September 16, 2015

What do Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates and Canada have in common? Their citizens all enjoy more economic freedom than Americans. According to the 2015 Economic Freedom of the World Index,…

Media