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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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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The Budget Our Democracy Deserves
Many of the ideas in this post are components of PBPC’s recently-released “Fair Share Tax Proposal for Pennsylvania.” The...
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Broad and Narrow Taxes
Last week, just as we were putting out our paper on how to raise revenues without raising taxes on...
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New Report: A Fair Share Tax Plan for Pennsylvania
In the wake of Budget Secretary Randy Albright’s mid-year budget briefing and the news that the Pennsylvania budget for...
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Unequal Pennsylvania
For those of us that follow inequality statistics, this December has been a blockbuster month. Most recently the Center...
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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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Reflections on the Election and the White Working Class…and Some Links Worth Reading
Like many of you, I’ve spent the last 10 days reflecting on the Presidential election and devouring countless commentaries....
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On The Inaction by State Senate to Fund Unemployment Compensation Call Centers
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement after the state Senate failed to vote...
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IFO Report: Deficits Now and In The Future
Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Director Marc Stier made the following statement following the Independent Fiscal Office release of...
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