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The Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy's Mission
The Susquehanna Valley Center for Public Policy is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit public policy research organization that stresses that government in Pennsylvania - and government leaders in the Commonwealth - should focus on accountability, efficiency, and responsibility in providing government services and in public service. The Center places special emphasis on free market principles, the role of servanthood, and the responsibilities of citizenship that form the foundation of our political structure.
Recent Additions to our Policy Papers
Demeaning Sound Science Harms Public Policy And Education
Sam Cooke’s 1960 hit song – What A Wonderful World – starts with a series of disclaimers, including these: “…Don’t know much biology; Don’t know much about a science book…Don’t know much trigonometry; Don’t know much about algebra…” As has been proved billions of times, kindling romance does not require a science text or […]
Giving Rural Pennsylvania A Fair Chance For A Future
“Life is unfair,” famously intoned by President Jimmy Carter (and others), is an indisputable proposition. These days, expressions of unfairness are on the rise. In public debates of any gravity, someone invariably claims unfairness in framing their grievance. Ubiquity by no means guarantees equal justification or attention. Invoked too frequently and casually, it can […]
Making It A Beautiful Day In All Our Neighborhoods
High on my list of favorite Christmas movies is Miracle on 34th Street (original version please). In it is an all-purpose, every season piece of wisdom: “Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to.” Faith in institutions, secular and religious ones, is taking a shellacking these days. Confidence-measuring polls of public mood […]
A Letter to America: United Kingdom Independence Day from the EU
The endorsement by the EU of the UK Withdrawal Agreement is the final step enabling the UK to return to being a sovereign state and a free agent on the world stage, this happened on the 29th January 2020. For 47 years, the UK has seen a European Economic Zone the EEC, similarly based […]