BCT Editorial – 4/23/08

This page was last updated on April 23, 2008.

Roof razing; Editorial; Beaver County Times; April 23, 2008.

In my critique of yesterday’s editorial entitled “Lousy options” I wrote, “The editorial begins with, ‘Governing responsibly is hard. In addition to balancing spending and taxation, it means knowing when to cut the former and when to hike the latter.’ Quick, tell me the last time a Times editorial advocated any serious spending cuts, especially at the commonwealth level.”

As if on cue, today we read, “That’s why the state and federal governments need to provide more money for these efforts.” Yep, that’s right. The same newspaper that disingenuously rails about spending profligacy once again proposes even more spending, despite the fact we’re already spending more than we ever have and our overall tax rate (32.7%) is already near its historical high (34% in 2000).

Finally, why should taxpayers in one community be forced to bail out residents of another community?