Pa's+Budget+Surplus

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= Pennsylvania will get $1 billion more in revenue than anticipated in Gov. Tom Corbett's = = budget proposal. As a result, House Appropriations Minority Chairman = = Joseph F. Markosek, D-Monroeville, said Corbett should reduce proposed = = = = education cuts and restore the adultBasic health insurance program. = = = = MORE =

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=We don't have to cut education or other important governmental programs because there isn't enough money!= =The money's indisputably there. We just need to have the will to spend it properly.= = = == = = = This extra $1 billion in state revenue alone could make up for 2/3 of = = Corbett's proposed cuts to education! We can easily make up the other = = $500 million in other very reasonable changes to his budget: = = = = = =1) Don't increase prison spending by $2.48 billion!= = = =2) Don't initiate a new $ 2 billion Liberty Loan fund to funnel money to the= =Governor's friends in the business community!=

=It's that easy. No excuses. You either make education a priority or you don't. =

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= = =Spend rainy-day fund, advocates tell governor= =Surplus Blindness -Pa. Leaders Sit on Tax Reserves While Needs Go Unmet= =No-Brainer - Use Surplus State Funds For Our Schools=

= Surplus Emerging as Obstacle in PA Budget Talks =

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