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FEBRUARY 8, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

It's Time for a Taxpayer's Budget

The three principles of a taxpayer's budget are as follows: Reduces taxes...

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Penn State Whitewashes Climategate Investigation

Penn State's internal review of Michael Mann's alleged scientific misconduct-and...

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JANUARY 21, 2010 | News Release by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

What's In the Bill

Rendell and CF Health Care

Yesterday, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told Fox News that voters oppose the...

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JANUARY 21, 2010 | Commentary by JOE STERNS

Time for Term Limits Again

Unfortunately, this spirit of civic virtue yielded to self-aggrandizement. Early on, legislators served a few terms in a public office and then returned to private life to live under the laws they created. Today, politicians make a career out of getting re-elected to the same office.

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JANUARY 15, 2010 | Commentary by NATHAN BENEFIELD

A Third Stimulus Won’t be the Charm

Not Another Stimulus

Some members of Congress are pushing a third economic "stimulus" in as many...

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JANUARY 5, 2010 | Policy Brief by ELIZABETH BRYAN, KATRINA ANDERSON

Citizen's Guide to Electric Choice & Competition

Electric Competition

In the late 1990s, Pennsylvania's electricity rates were 15% above the national...

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JANUARY 12, 2010 | Policy Brief by COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATION

Climategate & Penn State

Climategate: Mann Made Global Warming

Just days after news broke about what has been dubbed "Climategate," Penn State...

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DECEMBER 16, 2009 | Commentary by KATRINA ANDERSON

Five Threats to Pennsylvania's Prosperity

Threats to Pennsylvania Prosperity

Pennsylvania has long been one of the most economically stagnant states in the nation. For the period 1991-2008, the Commonwealth ranked 45th in job growth, 46th in personal income growth, and 47th in population growth. Pennsylvania has also faired poorly in indep

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Commonwealth Foundation PolicyBlog

Growth of Government Unions in Pennsylvania

February 9

Eric Boehm notes the growth of public-sector union members (which now represent a majority of union members nation-wide) and the decline of private union members in Pennsylvania. More than 70 percent of union workers in Pennsylvania held private sector jobs in 1984. Since then, private sector unions ...

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