According to Penn Patriot blogger, Roberta Biros, Editor, Mercer County Conservatives, we've just had the wool pulled over our eyes if we think our General Assembly has done a better job for us this year in passing the State Budget. Basically, Biros says it's a pile of garbage -- it is unconstitutional; relies on federal funds that don't yet exist and a tax on the extraction of Marcellus shale natural gas that is yet to be passed. She also says the Republican-controlled Senate could have stopped the budget bill, but voted 37 - 13 to pass it!
I tend to agree with Biros' personal view, "Anyone that voted FOR this budget made a conscious effort to pull the wool over the eyes of taxpayers. This is not a VALID budget . . . no matter how you look at it.
It is the responsibility of our legislators to make certain that the state government does not spend beyond its means. If we don’t have the money, we ought not to be spending it. Federal dollars that simply aren’t there should not be considered in the calculations, and tax revenues from Marcellus Shale should NOT be considered in the equations either. IF the tax on Marcellus Shale extraction is pushed through (in October), it will be the worst fiscal decision in Pennsylvania . . . ever!"
And, I appreciate the continued conservative and responsible voting of the 60th District's Representative Jeff Pyle who voted NO on this budget. Senator Don White, on the other hand, voted Yes. What are our "Republican" Senators thinking?
Other Budget News:
PA Independent - To have better fiscal information and revenue projections, the budget bill will set up an independent Fiscal Office -- This is being lauded as a good thing, but makes me wonder who has been supplying the revenue projections to date that we can't trust and will we still keep paying them?
PA Independent - Budget Did Not Actually Pass on Time (Meaning we really had the wool pulled over our eyes and no one in Harrisburg thinks we're smart enough to know any better I guess.)
Well, it's obvious! The Republican party is committing suicide and they are trying to take our Country down with them. They are like irresponsible children that didn't follow the rules so now we have to take the keys away. The only way this is going to be fixed is for the citizens of this Country to stand up, start fixing the foundation at the local level and then work our way up. I just pray that we have enough time left to do it before it all comes crumbling down on us. Thanks Alison for all of the great info.!
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