Forgot to add, there is a bill making its way through the PA legislature which would do away with property taxes and have a more fair system where everything is taxed, and thus everyone pays in.
They should be taxing welfare benefits.
Ha. I think some sort of bill or promise of a bill has been working its way for the past 20 years, and we got stugotts to show for it...
As it stands now, with PA schools primarily funded by local property taxes, the PA legislators of both parties are fine with that. Most of the tax increases have to occur at the local level and they can claim they held the line on state spending and taxes.
Shift the tax from the local level to the state (via sales taxes and income taxes) and now they are responsible for increased spending and taxes.
It's a lot of lip service. Most of the state legislators are just fine with how things are...