Oct. 07, 2015
HARRISBURG – Rep. Kate Harper (R-Montgomery) issued the following statement in response to the state House vote on Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest proposal to increase state income taxes:
“I’m very disappointed about today. I really thought we should be able to solve the budget problem. And if we do need more revenue, there are a lot of ways to do it without taxing working people.
“I can’t believe we’re here in October being asked to vote for an income tax increase that virtually nobody in my district supports. There are some interest groups that are pushing me to vote yes. But in general, your average citizen, they think we ought to be taxing something else if we need to tax at all, or tightening our belt and finding other ways to get the money that we need.
“I’m disappointed it’s October, and we’re no closer to a solution than we were months ago.”
Pennsylvania has gone nearly 100 days without an enacted state budget. In late June, the General Assembly adopted a balanced, no-tax-hike plan that was vetoed by the governor. Efforts to override the governor’s veto of some of the line items, primarily those in which the Legislature’s budget either met or exceeded what the governor had proposed, failed along party line votes. Last month, lawmakers adopted a plan to provide emergency funding to schools, human service agencies, college grant programs and more, but that legislation was also vetoed by the governor.
Representative Kate Harper
61st District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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