The same governor who signed the second biggest income tax hike in state history when he first took office in 2003 wants to raise the state's personal income tax again.
It seems Gov. Rendell has spent all of the money the first tax hike brought in, so he'd like you (the few Pennsylvania residents who still have a job) to send more of your paycheck to him so he can spend it before he leaves office at the end of 2010.
Some good early reaction to Rendell's idiotic plan to raise taxes during a recession from conservative bloggers.
From POLICY BLOG:
Governor Rendell announced today that to satisfy his appetite for more spending, he would like to increase Pennsylvania's Personal Income Tax (PIT) by 0.5 percentage points - to 3.57%.From Lincoln Blog:
As we announced yesterday, a PIT increase would cost thousands of Pennsylvania jobs.
Our updated analysis reveals that Rendell's latest proposed increase would cost 24,000 Pennsylvanians their jobs. This is on top of those jobs already lost during the current recession.
The movie "Hangover" continues to top the box office charts, and here in Harrisburg Governor Ed Rendell's pursuit of a new state budget is about as, well, juvenile.From Gunservatively:
Like the schoolyard bully given a wedgie, the governor is threatening to take the budget ball and hide in his room until he again gets his way. And he's willing to stay there until at least Labor Day, or so he says.
Yep, that's the latest from Rendell. Give me what I want or nobody gets anything. That is his response to legislative Republicans who have refused to roll over and give him new taxes, and who are insisting that the state trim the budget and spend within our means.
I don't call him "Rundown Rendell" for nothing. Fast Eddie continues to try to destroy the state of Pennsylvania with his old tired "tax and spend" philosophy. His latest idea: a 16% personal income tax increase. Another liberal-genius way to lose tens of thousands of Pennsylvania jobs that Pennsylvania doesn't have to lose to begin with.
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Since the republican babble of central Pa. knows everything and their republican representatives have done such a great job over the last 35 years replacing our good jobs with part time America. Since all of our radio and propaganda is completely partisan and the biggest city in the state doesn't deserve anywhere near what the Altoona area does. I would purpose we just request that the city of Phila. transfers its sovereignty to the state of Delaware. I 'm sure the rest of the major cities in the state would hate to see them go. But to satisfy Eichelberger and his cohorts who don't believe Rendell deserves their respect while he navigates the state of Pa. through the maze of destruction that's been left by the prior republican leadership and no economic plan. We have seen the success of a good economic plan in the city of N.Y. in the nineties. However the republican leadership that was in charge there took all the credit. You will see the same gigolo do it again if Obama's plan takes hold by 2010. Only this time he'll take credit for the gain as governor. Representative Eichelburger has a lot of good idea's. None of them seem to be republican. One definite fault he has is not following the elected governor. Or attempting to disgrace or bigotries him for his party affiliation. I would just like to suggest to him that talk is cheap and his current party is where the insults need to be delivered. All this by a former republican and family rebel turned independent in 1996. I still think Clinton was one of the best Presidents in the history of the country. Any disagreement is nothing but spin.
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