PA’s Governor is following in Scott Walker’s footsteps [New]
Will the people of PA rise up like their brothers and sisters in WI? Corbett’s budget demands lots of pain, and includes more tax cuts, to address the deficit. Somehow. The Predator State rolls on. (All emphases mine).
The governor’s proposed spending plan for 2011-2012 is 3.1 percent leaner than this year’s roughly $28.2 billion budget, and proposes no additional taxes or fees, including no new tax on the extraction of natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.
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To offset the pain of cuts to public schools, the governor is asking school districts to reopen their collective bargaining agreements to push for a one-year salary freeze on all school district personnel, from superintendents to teachers. The administration believes that would save an estimated $400 million.
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In other areas, the administration is proposing to reinstate the phase-out of the capital stock and franchise tax, in the hopes of stimulating job creation. It also preserves the film tax credit, which had appeared to be destined for doom earlier this month.
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Phil Perspective [New]
Tuesday, 8 Mar, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Corbett is a tool. Sadly, Onorato didn’t give anyone a reason to vote. Not to mention the state Democratic party here is a disgrace. Democrats here win in spite of the state party.
Tuesday, 8 Mar, 2011 at 9:03 pm
This primary was particularly frustrating. National level activists completely ignored it. People I talked to in the state seemed to take it for granted than Onorato was going to win the primary and lose the general. Of course, having a progressive candidate would have been useful even if it was a loosing race. But either way, a better candidate would have given people a reason to vote.
Too often people assume that primaries are a product of popular will. But Onorato won, as is generally the case, because he garnered the most support among party insiders. When conservatives wanted to gain power, they took over the party. That is how it has to be done.
Tuesday, 8 Mar, 2011 at 8:03 pm
I liked Joe Hoeffel.
SpitBall [New]
Wednesday, 9 Mar, 2011 at 10:34 am
Boy, we really dodged a bullet here in Minnesota. Had Tom Emmer been elected Governor, I’d be putting up posts like this!
Wednesday, 9 Mar, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Emmer sounds like he is among the best of the Dem governors. Given how few there are, it is a real shame there are so few who are truly pushing back.
SpitBall [New]
Wednesday, 9 Mar, 2011 at 1:14 pm
Correction, David. Tom Emmer was the Tea-infused GOPper who lost to former US Senator Mark Dayton (DFL)by the skin of his teeth.
You may be right, Mark Dayton may be one of the more progressive Governors in the US at this time. But, the State House and Senate are run by the GOPpers, so he’s got a tough row to hoe.
Wednesday, 9 Mar, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Not sure where my head was there…