Better late than never. Governor Josh Shapiro on Sunday signed a budget deal that will find state government for the next fiscal year. Like last year, it fails to provide additional funding for mass transit. It fails to increase the minimum wage, which would create additional revenue. But the rainy-day fund has gone untouched.
This budget includes $920 million more for education, and get this, $125 million in economic development grants.
It will be very helpful to wealthy developers. For the rest of us, not so much.
Lots of cardboard checks just before the election. Philly and SE counties should fund a greater proportion of SEPTA. on their own!
ReplyDeleteReduce the budget by reducing the legislature and their perks.
ReplyDeleteShapiro is a joke. He can't get a realistic budget passed and he willy/nilly endorses a local crook for congress. All the while not so secretly running for President.
ReplyDeleteIt’s really a 52 billion dollar budget. They delayed the Medicaid payments until next fiscal year. It’s really disingenuous. Josh is running for President.
ReplyDelete920 million more for education. Hmm so why are school district taxes going up? And why are pennsylvania school taxes so high? Im told because the state doesn't fund like other states? I guess I need to see where that 920 million is going.
ReplyDeletePA ranks 10th in per pupil spending despite ranking 20th in per capita income. For this we rank 35th in average SAT scores. Spending more on education seems to be making our kids dumber.
DeleteOh and the economic development grants well that's just funny!
ReplyDeleteTaxpayers will pay for this budget.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Shapiro could pay back the money he stole from the budget to pay for improvements to his home in Montgomery county.
ReplyDeleteJust another Democratic gimme.... Shapiro padding the education unions for his future run. Even though the education slush funding cannot increase the test scores of our kiids! What a joke! BUT.... you know what will come back to haunt Joshy? Even by his own ilk? The fact that he did not want to have the State of PA (Liberty bell, Hall of independence et al) represented at the event in Washington. What a FOOL! It took 2 opposing senators (not a fan of Fetterman from the days when he was 50 and living in moms basement and not paying his bills!!) to make it happen.... Regardless of what Shaprio thinks of Trump, that was a chump move....
ReplyDeleteThe audacity of you hypocrites to bring up spending. Funny how every dollar spent on schools is called a slush fund, but billions wasted on Trump administration policies, taxpayer funded bailouts, unnecessary lawsuit, and giveaways to the wealthy somehow get a fee pass. Apparently, waste only matters when it helps children, not when it helps billionaires or political agendas. And the state fair wasn't a serious government event focused on bringing states together, it was a heavily propagandized spectacle to promote Trump's brand. Not every invitation deserves participation, especially when the goal is more political theater.
DeleteYou mean still no money for the commuter train to New York City.
ReplyDeleteNo money for DIXIE?
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