Taxes & Economy

The Truth about Milton Friedman

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 21, 2008

David Henderson has a detailed reponse on the Cato-at-liberty blog to a New York Times article on the economic legacy of Milton Friedman. The Times piece presented the…

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Health Care

Affordable Health Care Agenda

  • March 28, 2008

The Commonwealth Foundation has joined with over two dozen organizations to form the Health Care Freedom Coalition. Below is a Statement of Principles. We, the Health Care Freedom Coalition, believe…

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State Budget

Earmark Nation

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 7, 2008

Wall Street Journal on the political value of taking a hard line opposing earmarks, compared with the value of pork projects. Unorthodox as he’s been on some conservative…

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Regulation

Specter and the NFL

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 3, 2008

The response to news that Arlen Specter wants to hold hearing with the NFL over “spy-gate” has been met with universal disdain – see, for instance, Don Boudreaux’s…

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Taxes & Economy

How important are elections?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 22, 2008

Here are a couple of good commentaries on the importance of politics and elections. Though they draw the opposite conclusion, they follow a similar theme, and I find myself agreeing…

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Government Accountability

States Resist REAL ID Implementation

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 19, 2008

Budget & Tax News update on pushback from states (and in Congress) against the REAL ID, with deadlines looming.

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Hold the Pork

  • Nathan Benefield
  • January 7, 2008

John Fund in the Wall Street Journal on the 9,000 earmarks, and the possibility Bush will refuse to acknowledge them. Since the earmarks were dropped into a conference report,…

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Turnpike CEO’s spin on I-80 tolling

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 14, 2007

Following the return of the PennDOT-PTC bid to toll I-80 (See our news release here), Turnpike CEO Brimmeier is in full spin mode. From the Post-Gazette:…

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The Gospel of Paul

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 14, 2007

Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassell on the lessons of Ron Paul. Take note: “Compassionate conservatism” was a smart move on George W. Bush’s part, maybe even…

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