Taxes & Economy

Lessons from the Failed PA Turnpike Lease

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 25, 2009

The Pew Center on the States has a new report out offering lessons to Pennsylvania and other states on the proposed deal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike (full…

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Taxes & Economy

State Personal Income and Pennsylvania’s Economic Ranking

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 24, 2009

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released the latest data on personal income by state. For the first time in many years, Pennsylvania grew faster than the nation as…

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Taxes & Economy

State Personal Income and Pennsylvania’s Economic Ranking

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 24, 2009

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released the latest data on personal income by state. For the first time in many years, Pennsylvania grew faster than the nation as…

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Education

State Can’t Spend Its Way to Student Success

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • March 19, 2009

For years, the educational establishment has claimed that not enough is being spent on public schools – that if more money is pumped into the system, student achievement will improve. …

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Taxes & Economy

Who’s Really “Nuts” on Economic Policy?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 18, 2009

We posted yesterday on the Turzai-Quigley proposal to cut state spending and tax rates.  Today Governor Rendell called Turzai “nuts” and his plan “ludicrous“.  Rendell has previously lambasted…

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Health Care

Free Markets: An Unknown Ideal

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 17, 2009

President Obama, Governor Rendell, and many in the media have been echoing a similar refrain recently, "Conservatives had their chance.  We tried free markets, and they failed."  When exactly they…

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Taxes & Economy

Establishing the “Facts” about Pennsylvania’s Economy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 10, 2009

Chuck Ardo – spokesman for Gov. Rendell – has an op-ed in Sunday’s Patriot News about what a great success Gov. Rendell’s economic policy has been.  This taxpayer-funded propaganda…

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Taxes & Economy

Freedom in Pennsylvania and the 50 states

  • Nathan Benefield
  • March 9, 2009

The Mercatus Center has a new report ranking freedom – both personal and economic – in the 50 states.  Overall, they rank Pennsylvania 20th. See a related story…

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