Taxes & Economy

Never Enough Green for Renewable Energy

October 27, 2010

According to Pennsylvania's Public Utilities Commission, the annual cost of ownership for solar energy per kilowatt-hour is over 700% more than the cost of coal, and wind energy is almost…

Commentary

Blog Roundup

October 25, 2010

Check out these noteworthy posts that showed up recently in the blogosphere: CF’s own Nate Benefield blogs at The PA Guardian about how most polls simply show how uncommitted…

Media

Regulation

Cities and their Bankrupt Pension Plans

October 21, 2010

A recent study, published by Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, found shocking statistics about the solvency of most city and state pension funds. The total unfunded pension liability for…

Media

Health Care

Pelosi Explains the Health Care Bill

Nathan Benefield
October 20, 2010

In a speech in Pittsburgh to the “Women of Steel”, which includes the Steelworkers union, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, and Supergirl, U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi outlined what…

Media

Blog Roundup

October 13, 2010

Check out these noteworthy posts that showed up in the blogosphere this week: The Tax Foundation tells us why “state budget deficits” is a loaded meaningless term used by…

Media

State Budget

Spending Revolt Tour: Day 5 Update

Matthew Brouillette
October 11, 2010

The Spending Revolt National Tour stopped in Scranton on Sunday night for a Town Hall meeting, which was streamed live (and available here and below). The Scranton…

Media

Spending Revolt Tour: Day 3 Update

Matthew Brouillette
October 8, 2010

Day two of Spending Revolt took us to Connellsville, where I spoke with Peter Thande, a young man from Kenya who will become a U.S. citizen in 2011. He turned…

Media

Regulation

Unintended Consequences of the Bulb Ban

October 7, 2010

The national phase-out of incandescent light bulbs begins in 2012, and by 2014, incandescents will be history. The popular replacement is the compact-fluorescent light (CFL), but there are very…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Immigration Verification and Welfare Fraud

Elizabeth Stelle, Nathan Benefield
October 6, 2010

Thank you for allowing the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, a non-partisan educational institute based in Harrisburg, to submit written testimony concerning HB 1359, which would require proof of…

Testimony