Senator Dush

Since enaction of the PA EDGE tax credits in 2022, none of them have been used for economic development.

In my second round of Senate Budget hearing questions with PA Budget Secretary Zach Reber and PA Revenue Secretary Pat Browne, I asked them to explain why and if these credits could just be eliminated since they are sitting idle?

Finally, I questioned both secretaries if they were aware of any states where the societal and law enforcement costs of legalizing recreational marijuana do not exceed collected tax revenue for legalized marijuana sales?

Learn more:
https://pafamily.org/.../false-promises-of-recreational.../
https://senatordush.com/enews/022726-2/
https://www.pasenategop.com/budget-hearings/

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𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥?
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬?
𝐀𝐬𝐤 𝐏𝐀 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲????

During the governor’s annual budget address, he looked straight at Republican lawmakers and said, “Just because you say it, doesn't make it so.”

Not withstanding, Article 8 Section 12 of the Pennsylvania Constitution clearly establishes that the governor and his agencies are required to provide a financial plan for not less than the next succeeding five fiscal years.

These financial plans must realistically include projected expenditures for capital projects, specifically itemized by purpose, and the proposed sources of financing.

Every year since I've been on the Senate Republican Appropriations Committee, we have asked each agency to show those projections.

Every year, we get frustrating excuses and standard “I Don’t Know, Ask the Budget Secretary” responses about why those projections cannot be presented.

During this afternoon’s Senate state budget hearing, I asked PA Budget Secretary Zach Reber why the Budget Office/PA Department Revenue have once again failed to produce five-year projections for future Commonwealth expenditures—despite the clearly stated Constitutional requirements.

Unfortunately, his insufficient answers were no more enlightening or substantive, than his failure to answer my previous question on why the Shapiro administration refuses to allow open drilling on state lands to serve as an abundant revenue source for Pennsylvania’s Orphan Well Plugging fund?

Learn more:
https://senatordush.com/enews/022726-2/
https://www.pasenategop.com/budget-hearings/

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