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Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

• December 3, 2005

Yes, our family shops at the local Wal-Mart from time to time. Although the company’s recent support of raising the minimum wage (even though Wal-Mart’s average starting wage is already…

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Climate in Pennsylvania for Small-Business Owners Continues to Decline

• December 3, 2005

While the national economy improves, small businesses in PA are not very optimistic about the future, says the National Federation of Independent Business. See the NFIB poll of small businesses…

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The Freedom to Hate Wal-Mart

• December 2, 2005

From Paul Jacobs’ Common Sense radio broadcast … Some folks don’t like Wal-Mart. Okay. Fine. It’s a free country. No one should be forced at gunpoint to shop at Wal-Mart.

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Taxes & Economy

Rendell will veto business tax break

• December 2, 2005

From the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review … “Rendell emphatically said he would veto any legislation that would lower business taxes but not provide substitute funds. ‘I would have to veto…

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Taxes & Economy

They’re Taking Away Your Property for What?

• December 2, 2005

An interesting eminent domain article from the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal.

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