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The First Rule of Budget Holes: Stop Digging

By josh.eboch on Jun 24, 2009

In a familiar storyline, Pennsylvania lawmakers are seeking to close a budget gap of some $3.2 billion by—you guessed it—raising taxes. To that end, Governor Ed Rendell has called for a “modest” hike of 16 percent in the state income tax rate from 3.07 to 3.57 percent for the next three years, which is projected to boost revenues by $1.5 billion. Similar “temporary” tax hikes, implemented in 1983 and 1991, have yet to be fully repealed.

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State News

Tea party sequel planned for Easton's Centre Square

Planners hope to remind politicians of deficit, spending concerns at rally

Jul 01, 2009

Political junkies now have their own summer sequel to ponder: Tea Parties 2, Independence Day.

Local conservative and libertarian political activists, who threw ”tea party” protests on April 15, will rally again Friday in Easton as part of hundreds of demonstrations across the nation this weekend.

While their numbers are smaller this time around, their target is again big government, in particular President Barack Obama’s cap and trade energy proposal and plan to overhaul health care.

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