Archive for December, 2008
Monday, December 29th, 2008
Is this an idea whose time has come? Universities look like businesses. They sell a service and charge for it. Employees, faculty and administrators, are paid well above average wages. Some may say this will increase cost of universities and, therefore, make education more expensive. Education is so expensive because ...
Posted in Taxes | 4 Comments »
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Democrats crying foul about Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's public corruption investigation might be surprised to learn the background of one of his key prosecutors.
Senior Deputy Attorney General Anthony J. Krastek of McCandless, the lead prosecutor who in January will try 10 Democrats accused of public corruption, is a ...
Posted in BonusGate | No Comments »
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
The Commonwealth Foundation makes the case that government spending, fueled by higher taxes on productive citizens, will not get Pennsylvania out of budget shortfall. Punishing the productive by taking away the benefits of their work seems unlikely to work and, I think, we are seeing in it in the lackluster ...
Posted in Budget Bomb | 3 Comments »
Saturday, December 27th, 2008
You know that the economy is bad when Turnpike cuts employees. But some us cynically might think those connected to the elected won’t be getting the Pink Slip and I have to think that Tim Carson, bond counsel at SaulEwing, won’t be cutting his fees.
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Saturday, December 27th, 2008
A partial list of State Governments which have put the government check book online from Americans for Tax Reform for more complete list of State’s efforts at transparency, allowing citizens to access online databases of government spending click HERE
“Gov. Mark Sanford (R) of South Carolina issued an executive order ...
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