Posted on 04/20/2010 6:59:36 PM PDT by grace522
Let’s give credit where it’s due. Fast Eddie never gives up, no matter how short-sighted his ideas may be.
When we last left our lameduck leader during the 2009 fiscal debacle, which took 101 days to pass a budget, the Governor was doing what Democrats do best — transferring money from the people to government coffers. No surprise there.
At a time when Pennsylvania families are doing the responsible thing — tightening the belt and exercising fiscal restraint — the Governor does the polar opposite. Rendell has proposed a budget increase of 4 percent, in large part to pay for his pet projects, while incomprehensibly ignoring the fact that revenues are declining.
But given the fact that Rendell hasn’t signed an on-time budget since taking office, why not go eight for eight?
He pays no attention to the coming pension bomb, in which obligations to state pensions will increase eightfold over the next three years, from $550 million to over $4 billion.
The Governor has apparently ignored the recent court ruling that the $800 million raided from the MCARE fund — money specifically allocated to alleviating high medical malpractice premiums — must now be paid back.
And he conveniently forgets that there won’t be the $2.7 billion in federal stimulus money that we had last year, and that accounting gimmicks won’t work anymore — such as counting the anticipated tolling of Interstate 80 as “revenue.”
(Despite Ed’s vehement objections, the federal government shot down the I-80 tolling plan, so it’s back to the drawing board).
All of which means higher taxes and an expansion of gambling — government at its finest!
But because Rendell believes that government, rather than the people and their employers, knows best, his approach makes perfect sense — at least to him.
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Rendell has always made my skin crawl even before he opens he mouth. He just looks the part of a sleazy politician. Sleazy and corrupt to the core. Kinda like Al Gore.
Fast Eddie is so popular that in certain areas of Philadelphia, he got 102% of the vote! The guy has talent! In fact, if he felt like it, he could have made Lassie or Flipper the Governor, thrown the Commonwealth's Electoral votes to Jack the Ripper. This guy really runs the state his way!
Steal a hot stove? No problem. How you want them eggs? How can you complain about a guy like that?
Hey, on the good side, he’s making New Jersey look good by comparison! Way to go, Fast Eddie!
You can list the current rat Governors who HAVEN’T effed-up their states on one hand.
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