Governor Shapiro’s Budget is Nothing New

Originally published by the York Dispatch.

“I love Groundhog Day,” said Gov. Josh Shapiro during the budget address.

Of course, the governor meant the Pennsylvania tradition of Punxsutawney Phil and his prescient shadow. But judging by his proposal, Shapiro could have easily been talking about the 1993 movie of the same name. Like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, Shapiro seems trapped in a time loop, pushing the same out-of-control spending while failing to deliver his promises.

The governor’s 2025 budget proposal — a whopping $51.5 billion in total — repeats many of the same tax-and-spend strategies from his prior two.

Read more at the York Dispatch.