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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2009 01:52 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 18 June 2009 01:52
From Courier Express:
Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to raise the state’s personal income tax to help offset a $3.2 billion budget shortfall met with opposition from Lt. Gov. and state Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, and House Minority Leader Sam Smith, R-Punxsutawney.
“At a time when we are facing an economic crisis not seen since the Great Depression, the last thing we can afford to do is raise taxes on working people and job creators who are already struggling to make ends meet,” Scarnati said.
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