PA GOP blasts Rendell for missed budget deadline

Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Rob Gleason issued he following statement on Gov. Ed Rendell missing the state's budget deadline for the seventh year in a row:

"Governor Rendell needs to stand up and take responsibility for his actions," Gleason said. “His out-of-control spending over the last seven years is the reason our Commonwealth is in this position in the first place! He needs to stop trying to push the burden of making up his budget shortfall onto hardworking Pennsylvania families who are already struggling to make ends' meet.

"While Republicans have spent months working on a fiscally responsible proposal that balances the budget while not raising taxes, Governor Rendell has wasted thousands of taxpayer dollars traveling across the Commonwealth to sell a bad bill of goods, including a staggering 16% increase in the Personal Income Tax. In addition, the Rendell administration has launched a series of taxpayer funded partisan attacks while using stall tactics to delay substantive budget negotiations.

"It's time for Governor Rendell to stop punishing the people of this Commonwealth for his years of wasteful spending, and join Republicans in working to pass a budget resolution that contains no tax hikes!"