Issue Position: Budget

Issue Position

The Republican-controlled General Assembly has failed to deliver a fair and balanced Commonwealth budget for years. As a result, Pennsylvania has one of the worst credit ratings in the country, which means we are unnecessarily diverting tax revenue to pay debt service instead of reinvesting our money in our communities. We cannot continue to mortgage our future for marginal short-term fixes. Harrisburg needs to institute a progressive income tax, replacing the regressive income tax that currently has Pennsylvania ranked as the 6th most regressive tax code in the nation.

To balance the budget, we should be closing corporate tax loopholes. We need to strengthen programs that support the most vulnerable Pennsylvanians and keep people out of poverty.

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