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Metcalfe Continues Uncompromising Fight To Protect Life, Liberty and Property
Metcalfe Continues Uncompromising Fight To Protect Life, Liberty and Property
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Metcalfe Battles to Protect Taxpayers
Advancing his steadfast efforts to Put Taxpayers First,
Representative Metcalfe and a united no tax increase coalition
held the 2010 Pennsylvania State Capitol Taxpayers’
Protest on June 8.
Noting a victory for taxpayers, Metcalfe said, “This year,
your efforts have already forced Pennsylvania’s outgoing
Spend-A-Holic governor to publicly throw in his towel over
his growth-killing proposal to impose the state sales tax on
74 tax-free everyday household items, business and
consumer services.”
Continuing his fight to protect taxpayers, Metcalfe
voted NO on the 2010-11 $28.04 billion budget, when next
year’s revenue is projected to be approximately $25 billion.
This year’s budget spends $200 million more than last year, and
when passed was dependent on $850 million in unapproved
federal funding. The budget deal also included up to an
additional $600 million that the state may borrow. If the state borrows an “First of all, is Daryl
additional $600 million, it will ultimately cost the taxpayers, with interest,
approximately $936 million. Also included in the budget deal, by the Senate not the real deal? As a
and House leadership with the governor, was an agreement to create a
severance tax on natural gas extraction by October 2010. The
conservative, I’ll go for
governor signed the budget July 6, making this the 8th consecutive year that cloning if we can start
the budget was not passed by the June 30 deadline.
“This 2010-11 state budget which spends $28.04 billion or $3 with him!”
billion more than expected revenue is yet another act that jeopardizes the
economic security of every Pennsylvania taxpayer by setting the scene for an - R.J. Harris, Host, WHP580 AM
enormous tax increase battle next year. Moreover, due to federal funds that
this budget depends on, it is not in line with our constitutional charge to pass a balanced budget,” said Metcalfe.
Eighty-two of the 98 Republican rank-and-file members of the House voted against the Appropriations bill.
Unfortunately, all seven of their leaders, who are elected by the majority and who are supposed to represent the values and
principles of those members, voted for it. The only secret votes cast by legislators in Harrisburg are for their leadership.
“The only way to end the corruption in our government is to shine light on back room deals and create more accountability
to the people. This most recent example of elected Republican legislative leaders violating the basic Republican principle of fiscal
responsibility highlights the need to end secret legislative leadership elections,” said Metcalfe.
Representative Metcalfe has been leading the fight to end secret leadership elections, which would then allow citizens to
hold their legislators accountable for electing leaders who will represent their values.
“Contrary to the deceptive smoke-and-mirror attempts by the governor and his accomplices, there were many options to
create a balanced 2010-11 state budget, without increasing taxes, including cracking down on welfare fraud and eliminating
all discretionary spending, also known as WAMS.
“The way to grow our economy is not on the backs of taxpayers, but through reducing every taxpayer’s burden. “Reducing the
overhead cost of government will increase the amount of money in the pockets of individuals which, through their own choices in
the marketplace, will create jobs,” said Metcalfe.