Education

Getting More, Paying Less: Children, Taxpayers, and Public Schools Benefit from the Educational Improvement Tax Credit

March 1, 2003

Executive Summary The public school system is one of the most expansive and expensive government monopolies in America. Yet both real-world experience and economic research suggest that this monopoly of…

Fact Sheet

Taxes & Economy

Economic Development

February 28, 2003

Across the United States, state and local governments are locked in a constant competition to attract and retain businesses. Public subsidies, in the form of grants, loans, tax incentives, and…

Fact Sheet

Public Union Democracy

The Impact of Compulsory Unionism on Economic Development

November 1, 2002

Executive Summary With increasing global competition taking a toll on U.S. manufacturing jobs, and state governments and municipalities struggling to achieve greater operating efficiencies in the face of declining revenues…

Report

Education

Waiting at the Cradle

Matthew Brouillette
October 16, 2002

"Hey, what about the kids?" That is the slogan for a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign called "Focus Five for Kids," created to highlight children's issues during the Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign.

Commentary

Education

The Myth of the Special Education Burden

August 1, 2002

Executive Summary Over the past thirty years, school property taxes in Pennsylvania have increased at a rate more than twice the concurrent rate of inflation. Local school boards—those elected officials…

Fact Sheet

State Budget

Barriers to Entrepreneurship: How Pennsylvanias Government Stifles Job Creation

December 1, 2001

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There is no doubt that Pennsylvania benefited from the booming national economy of the 1990s. But when compared to the rest of the United States, the Commonwealth’s economic…

Fact Sheet

Taxes & Economy

Private InvestorsNot TaxpayersShould Fund Lancaster Baseball Stadium

August 2, 2001

The siren song of professional baseball is seducing yet another Pennsylvania community. This time the object of affection is Lancaster, and taxpayers had better hope this love affair hits the…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Kvaerner Audit On Course With Details, Sails By Larger Question

August 20, 2000

A new state audit is re-aggravating a seasickness that has been plaguing Pennsylvanians since the launch of the deal to bring a Norwegian shipbuilding company to the former Philadelphia Naval…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Stadiums Don’t Deliver On Promises

June 20, 2000

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this hearing. My name is Grant Gulibon, and I am Senior Policy Analyst with The Commonwealth Foundation…

Commentary