Government Accountability

The Victory In Primaries For Conservatives

• May 17, 2006

From the Captain’s Quarters Blog…. Over the past week, many of us have written on the frustration felt by conservatives (especially fiscal conservatives) over the past few years. Some…

Media

Peggy Noonan on the problem in DC

• May 11, 2006

Peggy Noonan in today’s Wall Street Journal: “Baseless Confidence“ “Power is distancing. “When you’ve been in Congress for a while, or the White House for a while,…

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Taxes & Economy

The Governments Gas Problem

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 8, 2006

Government’s energy policies and regulations have been leading us down the wrong road for years, yet the only solution Governor Ed Rendell and plenty of Republicans like Sen. Arlen Specter…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Tax Freedom Day in Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• April 24, 2006

Happy Tax Freedom Day, Pennsylvania! If you are looking for a reason to celebrate, you need look no further than Tax Freedom Day.

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage; Maximum Ignorance

• January 19, 2006

Gov. Rendell cozied up to his labor union buddies today with his push for an artificial increase in labor costs in PA of nearly 40%. (Remember, Rendell agreed with us…

Media

Remember Mark Sanford?

• December 23, 2005

From Paul Jacob’ Common Sense…. Former Congressman Mark Sanford is a good friend of term limits. In fact, he’s so good that a few years back he wrote a book…

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Taxes & Economy

Minimum Wage Politics, Bad Economic Policy

• Matthew Brouillette
• October 3, 2005

It wasn’t a corporate executive who said, “Right now Pennsylvania businesses carry a very high tax burden compared to states we compete with. We’re [a] very heavily taxed business state….

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Taxes & Economy

Government Clock Keeps on Tickin

• July 29, 2005

We’re #1. That’s what the Pennsylvania Economy League discovered this month after comparing the overall cost of the Pennsylvania General Assembly to its counterparts in other states. The report on…

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Public Union Democracy

Time to Labor to End Compulsory Unionism

• October 31, 2004

"We want a legislative program led by leaders and staff with sufficient clout that they may roam the halls of Congress and collect votes to reorder the priorities of the…

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