Don’t believe Shapiro’s budget claims

Originally published by The Center Square.

Gov. Josh Shapiro recently defended his fiscal record. During Pennsylvania’s one and only gubernatorial debate, the governor insisted that (1) he balanced the state budget, (2) Pennsylvania has an $8 billion surplus, (3) he has cut taxes, and (4) Pennsylvania is the only “growing economy in the Northeast.”

Unfortunately, none of this is true. 

For starters, Pennsylvania has a $5 billion budget deficit, created by Gov. Shapiro.

As he has every year since taking office, Shapiro started the budget process by proposing billions in reckless spending. His original pitch called for $53.3 billion in spending and relied on illegally draining $4.6 billion from the Rainy Day Fund.

Read more at The Center Square.