Taxes & Economy

New Details on Proposed Tax Increase

Nathan Benefield
November 10, 2015

As movement towards a budget deal progresses, more details have emerged regarding the sales tax increase we reported on yesterday. Let's remember that before we ask working families…

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Education

For Latinos, Education is Key to the American Dream

Brittney Parker
October 27, 2015

For many Latino-Americans, the phrase “the American Dream” conjures images of apple pie and béisbol, of education, prosperity, and familia. Education is power and the key to making the American…

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Education

Time to Send “Ghost Teachers” Back to the Future

Nathan Benefield
October 21, 2015

As 1980s movie buffs know, today—Oct 21, 2015—is the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled forward in time in the Back to the Future films. Back to the Future predicted…

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State Budget

Wolf Demands $1,000 from Families in Wednesday House Vote

October 5, 2015

Wolf Demands $1,000 from Families in Wednesday House Vote “Compromise” Tax Plan Still Largest in State History October 5, 2015, HARRISBURG, Pa.—After months of hyping a “common…

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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,…

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Vince Hughes: A Brave Man

Nathan Benefield
August 26, 2015

In March, Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled a massive tax increase of $12 billion over the next two years. Sen. Vince Hughes offered this tax plan—or 97 percent of it,…

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Taxes & Economy

Taxes and Taxes and Taxes, Oh My!

Nathan Benefield
August 24, 2015

A recent NPR article notes that Pennsylvania “gathers less than 1 percent of its total tax receipts from an impact fee” on natural gas production (emphasis mine). Naturally, the…

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The Most Liberal Governor in America: Tom Wolf and the Income Tax

August 18, 2015

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4.6 Billion Is the Loneliest Number

Gina Diorio
August 12, 2015

Gov. Tom Wolf and the state legislature have agreed on legislation 39 times this year, the Pittsburgh Tribune notes. But when it came time to vote on Wolf’s $4.6…

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