Columnist: Tired of Ed Rendell, the 'Tax King'

Brad Bumsted says Pennsylvania is tired of Ed Rendell and his never-ending calls for more taxes. State spending has increased by more than $8 billion under Rendell, but he is leaving office with a $4.25 billion budget deficit. Where did all that money go?

From his latest column in The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

Like a bad dream, Rendell is back for another bite out of taxpayers' wallets before leaving office in January.

He's never met a tax he didn't like. And he has quite a few dangling out there now -- from taxes on oil company profits, natural gas and smokeless tobacco, to higher gasoline taxes and driver's license fees, to an expanded state sales tax. Such hikes are supposed to address a projected $1.3 billion budget shortfall and a stated $3.5 billion annual need to repair roads and bridges. On transportation issues, Rendell would say he is just throwing them out for lawmakers to consider.

Read the full column at the link below:

Tired of the 'Tax King' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review