The (Tax) War Between the States

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 10, 2007

Art Laffer and Steven Moore in today’s Wall Street Journal look at how tax competitiveness between states (i.e. lower taxes) results in greater population and economic growth: Of…

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Sam Smith joins I-80 Toll Opposition

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 6, 2007

House Minority Leader Sam Smith has joined in the calls for the US Dept. of Transportation to reject I-80 tolls. Get his news release and letter here.

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State Senators Against Interstate 80 Tolling

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

Eleven state senators (Sens. Gordner, MJ White, Baker, Boscola, Browne, Corman, Earll, Eichelberger, Folmer, Piccola, and Robbins) have sent a letter to US Transportation Secretary Peters expressing concerns over tolling…

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Britney Spears to adopt?!?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 28, 2007

My first thought on reading the headline “Britney Spears to adopt Chinese twins” was that it was a cruel joke. My second thought, on reading the story, was that…

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America is still the land of Opportunity

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 13, 2007

A number of pundits on the left cite rising “income inequality” as a cause for alarm (and justification of new government programs). A new treasury department study reveals these claims…

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Republicans Radical on Health Care?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 9, 2007

Ramesh Ponnuru writes in Time Magazine that Republicans running for president have proposed more radical reforms in health care–seeking to tranform the system, rather than just preserve and extend…

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Scarnati submits op-ed by Turnpike Commission

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 2, 2007

Frothing at the mouth, President Pro-Tem Joe Scarnati cites the “evil foreign company” argument as to why he won’t allow consideration of a Turnpike lease (even though several…

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More on Free Markets v. Socialized Medicine

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 1, 2007

In response to the criticisms of cancer survival statistics used in a Giuliani ad, David Grazter has defended his statistic and provides additional data about survival rates…

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