Taxes & Economy

Movin’ Out

• Nathan Benefield
• June 11, 2008

With all due respect to Billy Joel’s "Allentown," the tune which best describes Pennsylvania today would likely be "Movin' Out." For years, Pennsylvania has seen residents (particularly younger ones) move…

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Concerns About Turnpike Lease Misguided

• Nathan Benefield
• March 19, 2008

Testimony before the PA House Transportation Committee Good morning. I am Nathan Benefield, Director of Policy Research for the Commonwealth Foundation. We are a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research…

Testimony

Government Accountability

Campaign Finance Limits Destroy Democracy

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 23, 2008

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court recently upheld Philadelphia's law limiting the amount of money that an individual can contribute to a political candidate. While advocates of campaign contribution limits cheered the…

Commentary

AP: Corporate Welfare Doesn’t Work

• Nathan Benefield
• October 29, 2007

Marc Levy of the AP with analysis of taxpayer subsidized businesses and job growth in Pennsylvania: To date, the Rendell administration has offered $1.7 billion in aid through…

Media

Taxes & Economy

New Paradigm Equals New Opportunities

• March 22, 2007

The global environment for transportation financing is entering a new paradigm. Like many states, Pennsylvania finds itself at the convergence of two intersecting trends that demand fiscal attention: First, growing…

Commentary

What should the Dems do?

• Nathan Benefield
• November 15, 2006

Greg Mankiw analyzes new VA Senator Jim Webb’s editorial in the Wall Street Journal on income inequality: Erecting barriers to trade, raising the minimum wage, encouraging the cartelization…

Media