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Government Accountability

Pay raise dooms top senators – Philadelphia Inquirer

• May 17, 2006

Philadelphia Inquirer 05/17/2006 Pay raise dooms top senators…

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Government Accountability

Payback: Pennsylvania voters kick out incumbents

• May 17, 2006

Tony Phyrillas says: “The incumbents had the money. They had the name recognition. They had the party machine behind them. They had all the advantages. But they still lost.”…

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IT’S PAYBACK – Patriot-News

• May 17, 2006

Anger over raise ousts Senate leaders Brightbill, Jubelirer…

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Government Accountability

‘Earthquake in Pennsylvania’

• May 17, 2006

‘Earthquake in Pennsylvania’ – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review…

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Taxes & Economy

‘Live Free or Move’

• May 16, 2006

Jobs are flocking to low-tax states for a reason. Commentary in today’s Wall Street Journal says, “new data is out and it shows that the states that embraced supply-side…

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Taxes & Economy

Tax no fix for rising gas prices

• Nathan Benefield
• May 15, 2006

Read Matthew Brouillette’s commentary in Friday’s Pittsburgh Business Times.

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Government Accountability

Incumbents Under Fire

• May 15, 2006

The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund sees PA’s primary tomorrow as a possible bellwether election for conservative anger at unprincipled leadership.

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Taxes & Economy

For Now, Gasoline Is Our Only Cheap Fuel

• Nathan Benefield
• May 12, 2006

Cato Commentary by Jerry Taylor: “Mandating a switch given current technology would increase, not decrease, pump prices.”…

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Government Accountability

Democracy vs incumbency

• Nathan Benefield
• May 11, 2006

John Baer on the power of incubmency in the Philadelphia Daily News (citing Commonwealth Foundation data).

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Peggy Noonan on the problem in DC

• May 11, 2006

Peggy Noonan in today’s Wall Street Journal: “Baseless Confidence“ “Power is distancing. “When you’ve been in Congress for a while, or the White House for a while,…

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Education

New York Times Editorial Uses Faulty Data To Slam Charter Schools

• May 10, 2006

News release from the Center for Education Reform… New York Times Editorial Uses Faulty Data To Slam Charter Schools Washington, D.C., May 10, 2006 – The New York Times in…

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Taxes & Economy

Gov. Rendell’s Plan to raise gas prices and subsidize Big Ethanol

• Nathan Benefield
• May 10, 2006

Gas prices are high. As previously noted in this blog, part of the reason for high prices is the mandated use of ethanol fuels – forcing refineries to retool.

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State Budget

Should American troops die for pork?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 9, 2006

A look at the $17 billion in Pork Spending added to the President’s request for funding of troops and Hurricane Katrina Relief from the Heritage Foundation.

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Education

Substitute teaching goes private

• May 9, 2006

In Michigan, the Grand Rapids Public Schools have figured out a way to save the taxpayers money–contract out for substitute teachers. It saves $$$ from having to be socked…

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Taxes & Economy

State Quashes Economic Freedom

• Nathan Benefield
• May 9, 2006

The Pennsylvania State Department’s Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs release their list of disciplinary actions yesterday. Among the egregious violations were: auctioning without an auctioneers license, cutting hair…

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Education

Lawmakers must cure loan agency’s identity crisis

• May 7, 2006

My PHEAA commentary in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

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Taxes & Economy

The Gas-Tax Hustle

• May 6, 2006

by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. I’ll have my own take on “The Government’s Gas Problem” on Monday. Check out the main article at www.CommonwealthFoundation.org then!…

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Education

65% Solution? Reduce School District Size

• Nathan Benefield
• May 5, 2006

Analysis of school district spending by size by in the EIA Communique. The finding is that larger districts spend a lower percentage on classroom instruction (and more in adminstrative…

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Education

Philly Schools Need Improvement

• Nathan Benefield
• May 4, 2006

Jay Greene in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Taxes & Economy

How to Soak the Rich (the George Bush Way)

• Nathan Benefield
• May 4, 2006

Good piece in the Wall Street Journal on the effects of tax cuts.

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Galbraith’s follies

• May 3, 2006

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial on “one of the anointed liberals of the last century.” “The Canadian-born adviser to presidents and Harvard economist had a generous spirit, generous with money not…

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