Natural Gas Producers in PA Don’t Pay Their Fair Share
In recent months — and weeks — Pennsylvania’s legislature has shown renewed interest in enacting a severance tax on...
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STATEMENT: On President Trump’s ACA-Killing Actions
Marc Stier, director of the PA Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement in response to President Trump’s...
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STATEMENT: On the Governor’s Plan to Securitize PLCB Profits
Marc Stier, director of the PA Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement after the release of the...
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GOP-Trump Tax Plan: A Windfall for Top 1% of Pennsylvania, a Tax Increase for Many Middle Class Pennsylvanians
A 50-state analysis of the GOP tax framework reveals that in Pennsylvania, the top 1 percent of taxpayers would...
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Rigging the Economy to Further Benefit the 1% — the Pennsylvania Numbers
Last Friday, we got the first national estimates of who benefits from the Trump Tax plan — the “Unified...
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No time for giving up
It appears that members of the General Assembly are moving towards a final plan for funding the budget they...
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Don’t Let the Extremists Win
There are lots of rumors about a budget deal flying around Harrisburg but few details and even less assurance...
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The GOP Federal Tax Proposal: Multiple Reasons to Worry
The outline of the tax proposal released by President Trump and Republican House and Senate leaders should worry all...
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Graham-Cassidy Repeal Bill — Just Plain Bad for Pennsylvania
As I write this, it is possible that the Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act and make...
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What the PA Credit Downgrade Means
The decision by Standard & Poor’s to downgrade Pennsylvania’s credit rating should come as no surprise. There was ample...
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The Budget Solution We Need
It appears that the Pennsylvania Senate is about to vote to not concur with the recently-passed House bill to...
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STATEMENT: On the Passage of the PA House GOP Revenue Plan
HARRISBURG – Marc Stier, director of the PA Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement on the passage...
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