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By State Rep. Jim Christiana, 15th Legislative District
In my eight years as a state representative, I have heard plenty of talk about the issue of property tax elimination in Harrisburg, but little action. It has been discussed and debated in both chambers of the Legislature for almost four decades, yet Pennsylvania families are still crippled with the most anti-American tax on our books.
It’s also the No. 1 issue I hear about from residents in our communities across Pennsylvania. I’ve spoken with
Morgan Chalfant is a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon.
The Pentagon reimbursed employees for personal transactions made on government-issued charge cards, the agency’s inspector general found.
Managers at the Department of Defense failed to prevent nearly two dozen employees from receiving $8,544 in reimbursements for personal uses of their government-issued travel cards, including ATM fees incurred at casinos, the Pentagon inspector general said in a Tuesday report.
The inspector general first reported in May 2015 that officials had improperly used government travel cards
Elizabeth Harrington is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon.
The Social Security Administration has paid dead federal workers $1.7 million in recent years, with the deceased receiving benefits an average of seven years after their death, according to an agency watchdog.
An audit released by the agency’s inspector general Monday revealed that the Social Security Administration had not crosschecked beneficiaries’ deaths with the Office of Personnel Management, which manages federal employees.
Missing just 35 deaths cost taxpayers $1.7 million.
The Pennsylvania House and Senate will be returning to Harrisburg on September 19 and 26 respectively. As we noted last week, they will likely be looking for ways to make up for the revenue shortfalls that they created by overspending. Members of the General Assembly have certainly been hearing from big government special interests who want to make sure that they get their share of your money.
Please, take a moment to contact your Representative and Senator. We’ve created an easy way to send an email highlighting some of the waste included in the budget so the General Assembly knows where to start cutting:
We hear a lot about Pennsylvania’s $63 billion pension debt, but what does it actually mean?
We recently broke down the pension debt for the 100-plus state agencies that participate in the State Employees’ Retirement System (SERS), showing exactly how many of your tax dollars these agencies must divert from services just to fund our pension liability.
Top 10 State Agencies by Pension Debt Agency Unfunded Liability Corrections Dept. $3,319,687,326 Dept. of Human Services $2,387,009,484 Pa. State Police $1,931,713,997 Transportation Dept. $1,788,139,855 State System of Higher Education $858,417,236 Labor and Industry Dept. $719,579,421 Liquor Control Board $475,046,271 Dept. of Environmental Protection $442,675,014 Pa. Higher Education Assistance Agency $440,673,163 Pa. Turnpike Commission $346,946,156
Higher tolls? Bigger markup on wine? Pensions costs
Do you have to be a tax policy expert to understand Pennsylvania’s tax code? Maybe not, but it certainly doesn’t hurt.
Pennsylvania’s tax code is too complicated—and it hurts regular Pennsylvanians and businesses alike. The solution is to simplify, but, of course, it’s not as easy as it sounds. This week, we talk to the Tax Foundation’s Jared Walczak—a Pennsylvania native—about what our tax complexities look like in real life, what states are doing it right, and how we can simplify taxes in Pennsylvania to ensure all can flourish.
Sunday, September 18th, 2016
