Taxes & Economy
Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Boom
The Marcellus Shale formation is believed to be the largest unconventional natural gas reservoir in America, and its exploration has been coined a modern-day gold rush. More than a mile…
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How Public-Private Toll Roads are Financed
Robert Poole clarifies a number of misconceptions about how toll roads are financed – particularly in the cases of public private partnerships for new projects. This is not a…
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On Partisan Legislative Staffers
One recommendation of the Grand Jury report release this week was that the Pennsylvania General Assembly should move from hiring partisan staff for each caucus to having a centralized…
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Who are the Tea Party Members?
Much has been said and made of the Tea Party movement over the past year and especially over the last several months, much by those who have no idea what…
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Most Pennsylvanians are Right Wing Extremists
If one listens to analysts in the mainstream media, anyone calling for a repeal of the federal health care law, or supporting a state immigration law like Arizona’s is on…
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Bad Pennsylvania Policy Spreads to DC
In the past couple of weeks, debate in Washington has ramped up over implementing national alternative energy mandates. Senator Jeff Bingaman has included the standards in his American Clean…
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Tea party remains obscure even as it shakes up US politics
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This is Civil Discourse?
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…
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Small Business vs. Big Government
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…
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