Pennsylvania now ranks 45 th in the rate of job growth, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Clearly this shows that business tax cuts are not translating into more jobs for working men and women. Another area that Trello feels is being funded inadequately is education. According to Trello, when Ridge took office six years ago, the state was providing school districts 42 percent of their funding, which has now dropped to 37 percent. If we can better fund schools, we can ease the burden on property tax payers to fund education.
Parents are to use the money to improve their child's literacy skills.
This is wrong. One way to accomplish this is by cutting class size, so that teachers have no more than 20 students to educate. Finally, Trello pointed to the failure of the proposed spending plan to address the needs of seniors. This budget doesn't even bother to address the issue, let alone provide funding to help seniors afford their life-sustaining medications. We must work to ensure that the needs of children, adults, seniors and the business community are being met.