Here's a Fact Check on Republican Budget Claims in Pennsylvania

[JPZenger]

http://padems.com/blog/fact-check-pa-gop-wrong-corbetts-ed-cuts

The GOP keeps trying to claim that all Corbett did to public schools was not replace the Federal stimulus funding that they received. He plays games by only talking about one state program - the "state basic subsidy", and purposefully not talking about the $550 million of other state programs for public schools that he eliminated.

In addition, last year Congress approved a supplemental stimulus grant that was intended to avoid teacher layoffs. All of the school districts expected that those federal dollars would be available for the upcoming school year to avoid layoffs, which was the intent. Instead, when Corbett took office, he used that money to replace state money that was already budgeted for schools in the state budget year that already halfway over. Then, he could compare this greatly reduced amount of state money in the 2010-1 budget (which he personally shrank) to the further cuts he wants in 2011-12.

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Here's another great article

http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2011/06/corbett-budget-would-do-irreparable-harm-to-pa/

"Corbett Budget Would Do Irreparable Harm to PA

... Governor Tom Corbett’s budget would do irreparable harm to Pennsylvania at a time when we can least afford to take a hit....

* 42,000 low-income adults would lose their health insurance with the elimination of PA’s adultBasic program. Medicaid would also be cut massively.
* Cutting 50% of state funding for 14 state-owned universities and colleges, as well as Penn State, Pitt, Temple, and Lincoln universities.
* Slashing public school funding and forcing many school districts to lay off huge numbers of teachers and close many schools.
* Massive cuts to the least fortunate among us, including funds for transportation to doctors, food and housing for the mentally disabled, and cuts to children and youth services.

All this while refusing to impose taxes on Marcellus Shale fracking and wanting to save a $500 million in unexpected tax revenue for a future “rainy day.” "