The State and Local Government Workforce in Pennsylvania is the 2nd Smallest in the Country
As we begin to debate the 2017-18 state budget, the anti-government spin merchants will (yet again) paint a picture...
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OP-ED: Combine spending restraint with new revenue
This piece originally appeared in the Erie Times-News, December 28, 2016. Pennsylvania has been struggling with persistent budget deficits...
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OP-ED: Time to fix our upside-down tax system
This piece originally appeared in the York Dispatch, December 23, 2016. Pennsylvania has been struggling with persistent budget deficits...
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OP-ED: Pennsylvania needs a fairer tax system
This piece originally appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 26, 2016. Pennsylvania faces another budget crisis. The combined deficit...
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Two Approaches to the State Budget
It’s becoming more and more rare to see serious attempts on the part of newspapers (and their virtual counterparts)...
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OP-ED: Is this the year Pa. resolves its perennial budget crisis?
This piece originally appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, December 28, 2016. Many of us who write about budget politics...
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OP-ED: The rich can take the hit – to fix the budget, they should pay their fair share
This piece originally appeared on Pennlive, December 23, 2016. You remember how Lucille Ball would work her way into...
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On The Mid-Year Budget Briefing: The Full Picture Is Even More Grim
Budget Secretary Randy Albright’s mid-year budget briefing this week brings worrisome news that, at its current level of expenditure...
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