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Freedom in Pennsylvania and the 50 states
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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Average American Household Pays $3,190 in Corporate Income Taxes
The Tax Foundation has a new campaign to raise awareness of the cost of corporate taxes, starting with the fact that corporate income taxes cost the average American family…
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Harrisburg Tea Party
The Harrisburg Tea Party is on for this Saturday, March 7 at Noon on the Capitol Steps. Here are news, pics, and videos from other tea parties hosted around…
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State and local owe enormous obligations to retirees
The Allegheny Institute has a new policy report examining the pension plans of the 10 largest Pennsylvania cities. They find these plans have a combined unfunded liability of $4.5…
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Report Card on American Education: A State-by-State Analysis
The American Legislative Exchange Council has released their annual Report Card on American Education. The report is filled with education data – spending, inputs, academic performance – with a…
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Policies that Produce Real Growth
Dan Mitchell has another educational video produced by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity. He uses the Fraser Institute Economic Freedom of the World (Heritage has a…
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What do Economists Agree On?
Greg Mankiw posts a selection from his textbook on what economists agree on, from a survey. I am not suprised to see economists overwhelmingly support free trade, as that…
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Feulner blast stimulus process
Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner has a scathing open letter to Congress on the stimulus bill: In addition to being the single most expensive bill ever proposed,…
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How well has more spending worked up until now?
The Morning Call’s John Micek makes a joke on his blog about the effectiveness of tax cuts in stimulating the economy: Hardcore GOPers, asked for their alternative,…
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