Life on Welfare: Cato Gets It Very Wrong
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: August 21, 2013
It’s great to be poor. That’s the finding of a Cato Institute report released this week claiming to calculate...
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Author: Sharon Ward
Date: August 21, 2013
Separating Fact from Fiction on Nutrition Assistance
Type: BlogAuthor: Chris Lilienthal
Date: August 20, 2013
Check out this short video separating fact from fiction in the ongoing debate over nutrition assistance for low-income Americans....
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Can the Right Afford to Acknowledge Low Upward Mobility in the U.S.?
Type: BlogAuthor: Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 15, 2013
Michael Laracy of the Annie E. Casey Foundation emailed around an opinion piece by Fareed Zakaria on the boffo...
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An Unbalanced Pension Proposal: ”Universities” Proposal Would Erode Retirement Security, Weaken Schools’ Ability to Retain Talented Teachers, and Create New Threat to Financial Sustainability of Illinois Pension Funds
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: Howard Wial, Stephen Herzenberg
Date: August 14, 2013
The “Universities” proposal to alter public employee pension systems in Illinois would significantly undermine the retirement security of teachers...
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State Predicts Increase in Sales, Income Tax Collections
Type: BlogAuthor: Sharon Ward
Date: August 08, 2013
As I previously blogged here and here, Pennsylvania General Fund revenue collections are projected to grow very little in...
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A Look at Other States Shows Marcellus Impact Fee Shortchanges Pennsylvanians
Type: Reports and PapersAuthor: MIchael Wood
Date: August 08, 2013
Pennsylvania enacted an ”impact fee” on natural gas wells drilled into Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale that generates a relatively small...
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Health Law Saves Consumers by Requiring Insurers to Spend Premium Dollars on Medical Care
Type: BlogAuthor: Chris Lilienthal
Date: August 07, 2013
A key reform in the Affordable Care Act requires health insurers to spend 80% to 85% of premium dollars...
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