Dems Cut Check For Themselves As State Workers Twisted In The Wind

Dems Cut Check For Themselves As State Workers Twisted In The Wind — Gov. Ed “X” Rendell caved yesterday signing a partial budget allowing 77,000 state workers to get paid, an experience they have not had since July 1.

Also, money was made available for welfare checks.

Checks were cut Tuesday, however, for the Democratic members of the State House using a reserve fund the State Legislature keeps just for budget impasses.

The House and Senate Republicans declined to issue checks until the rest of the state workers were paid, as did the Senate Democrats.

Dems Cut Check For Themselves As State Workers Twisted In The Wind

Pa Budget 70 Percent Higher

Kid Shellen of FreeRepublic.com has pointed out that the Pennsylvania budget has increased from $35.8 billion in 1998-99 to $61.3 billion in 2008-09.

Has your income increased 70 percent since 1998?

Or has state services improved 70 percent?

While the rate of increase has been higher under Rendell, Ridge/Schweiker didn’t do all that much better.

Rendell wants to spend $61.7 billion this year.

See: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=4571&mode=2#2008-09

Pa Budget 70 Percent Higher

Pa Budget 70 Percent Higher