Who pays taxes in PA? - Hint: NOT corporations.

[PA Democrat]

Did you know that a family earning $36,000 a year pays more in income taxes than 84% of all Pennsylvania corporations?

Did you know that Pennsylvania tax loopholes allow 2/3 of all corporations in the state to pay NO state taxes at all?

Did you know that Tom Corbett’s budget proposal--released today--will preserve these tax problems, and will:

Give an additional $833 million in corporate tax breaks;
Raise our property taxes by $500 million;
Cut health care, environmental protections, education and services to working families.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/08/953970/-PA-Budget:-Corporate-giveaways,-higher-property-taxes,-privatizing-public-services

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[wisteria]

1. Corbett is a typical Repub.-that said, I hate his new budget proposal

that will surely pass since our entire state is run by Repubs.

[demodonkey]

2. Elections Have Consequences.

Anyone that did not vote in November has only got himself or herself to blame for this. Maybe you aren't thrilled with how some Dems were running things, but there IS a difference between the two parties as we learned today.

I feel really sad for the young college-age voters who came out in 2008 but became disillusioned (perhaps because they expected results too fast?) and stayed home in 2010... just saw some news interviews where college kids are responding to Corbett's cuts by saying they will have to take out more loans to pay the tuition increases, or maybe drop out altogether.

Yes, elections have consequences, especially staying home from them.

[blue neen]

3. Pennsylvania is going to hell in a hand basket with Corbett leading the way.

Maybe the extremely misguided people who elected him will open up their eyes now and see how they've been screwed...it's too bad the rest of us have to suffer, too.