Tea party remains obscure even as it shakes up US politics

• May 7, 2010

Media Hit

This is Civil Discourse?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 1, 2010

On May 8, the Commonwealth Foundation is hosting an event, LiveFreePA, to celebrate the freedoms government in Washington and Harrisburg are threatening, including personal freedoms such as…

Media

Small Business vs. Big Government

• April 29, 2010

What is the third largest country in the world based on its production of output?  It is America's small businesses.  Collectively, they produce half of our private Gross Domestic Product…

Commentary

Regulation

Rendell’s “Press Release Economics”

• April 27, 2010

Press-release economics has long been part of a political charade in which lawmakers use other people's money to fund their political gain. In Pennsylvania, agencies such as the Department of…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

PA Losing Ground in Economic Rankings

• April 15, 2010

This month, the American Legislative Exchange Council released their third annual ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitive Index. Unfortunately, in the last three years Pennsylvania’s economic rankings not only have been…

Media

Taxes & Economy

Transportation Funding Solutions Require Reforms and Reprioritization

• Matthew Brouillette, Nathan Benefield
• April 14, 2010

Now that the federal government has rejected the ill-conceived plan to toll I-80 for a third, and supposedly final time, Gov. Rendell and the General Assembly must implement serious solutions…

Commentary

Public Union Democracy

Cost-Saving Ideas for Pennsylvania State Budget

• Nathan Benefield
• April 12, 2010

Testimony of Nathan A. Benefield, Director of Policy Research, Commonwealth Foundation to the Pennsylvania Senate Government Management and Cost Study Commission,  April 12, 2010 Good morning; I am Nathan…

Testimony

Government Accountability

Pennsylvania Tax Day Tea Parties

• Elizabeth Stelle
• April 8, 2010

We’ve been getting a lot of calls from folks who want to attend a tax day tea party. Tea Party Patriots has a good list of the events taking…

Media

Regulation

Private Parks Promote Public Preservation

• March 25, 2010

It is an oft-disseminated myth that government has to be the sole guardian of our historic sites, museums, and parks.  For instance, during the 2009 state budget impasse, Gov. Rendell…

Commentary