Commonwealth Foundation: No To Higher Taxes
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Philadelphia (CBS) - The Vice President of Policy Analysis from the Commonwealth Foundation, Nate Benefield, continued to voice opposition to Governor Tom Wolf's latest budget proposal.
Benefield, talking with Talk Radio 1210 WPHT's Dom Giordano, said that following a vote in which some Democrats broke with Wolf and voted against his proposal, it is clear that residents across the commonwealth will not accept tax increases.
"There's this long dispute over Governor Wolf's demand for higher income taxes. The House Republicans said, we're going to let you have a vote, give you a week to round up and call on lawmakers and try to get them to vote for a tax increase. The Governor came back with his third proposal, his third swing at it, and it's been lost. Every Republican voted against it a number of Democrats voted against it, which should send a message that Pennsylvania and our lawmakers do not want to see higher taxes."
Benefield also said that as the impasse has dragged on, Wolf has considered a range of ideas, but still insists on raising income taxes.
"He's taken some of his tax proposals off the table. He's also taken off his plan to raise the sales tax and use some of that money for property tax relief. This is simply a straight up income tax and natural gas severance tax. It's really 95 percent of the money coming from higher income taxes on working families and all Pennsylvanians."
The Pennsylvania Legislature has been at odds with the Governor since the state's budget deadline passed on June 30.
