The Politics of Ethanol

  • Nathan Benefield
  • September 19, 2007

NY Times article on The High Costs of Ethanol. If the typically liberal NY Times opposes the political games of ethanol, why does Governor Rendell continue to push…

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Agriculture Number 1?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • August 14, 2007

I’ve seen politicians, from both parties and from all regions of the state, throw around the claim that Agriculture is PA’s number one industry, most recently in the Governor’s…

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Friedman’s Legacy

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 31, 2007

Thomas Siems in today’s Wall Street Journal on the legacy of Milton Friedman – as today would have been his 95th birthday. Along with the REACH Foundation, we…

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Min. Wage, Jobs, and Unemployment

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 15, 2007

In his Weekly Newsletter, Gov. Rendell takes credit for “improving the lives” of workers who received a minimum wage increase. In it the Governor note: “Pennsylvania’s…

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5.3% Increase, with No Tricks

  • Nathan Benefield
  • July 11, 2007

Pete DeCoursey of Capitolwire.com tries to explain all the tricks that are being used to disguise the real agreed-to budget increase of 5.3%: Less than 16…

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Congressmen warn Governor about Turnpike lease

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 16, 2007

From Capitolwire.com. Having criticized the Governor in my previous post, I will give him praise for dismissing the anti-market rhetoric of two Democratic Congressmen. HARRISBURG (May 16) –…

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Stupid Voters!

  • Nathan Benefield
  • May 16, 2007

After defeat of the Act 1 tax shift almost universally (the Patriot News identified only two districts that approved the shift, and one of those by a very tentative…

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Army of Accountants?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • February 28, 2007

When Governor Rendell proposed a new tax on oil profits, he claimed the cost “would not be passed on to consumers,” and that the Attorney General would have the power…

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