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Solutions for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is on the verge of financial collapse due to an overreaching General Assembly. In the last 7
years our elected officials have exponentially increased the size, scope, cost, and inefficiency of
government. Pennsylvanians must seek out individuals who will show true leadership.
We must elect new representation, State Representatives who will be partisan to the forgotten taxpayer and
demonstrate the moral courage to operate within the confines of the state constitution and not the pressure
of a political interest groups.
To read Mike’s ideas on each of the following issues, place your mouse on any of the pictures below. Click
on each picture for a more detailed explanation.
Property tax relief
State Pension Plan Reform
Fiscal Responsibility
State pensions have been under funded for the better part of a decade. Required
annual contributions to PSERS (Public School Employees' Retirement System) will
skyrocket from $617 million to an estimated $4.2 Billion. In order for the state to
make this payment, each property owner in Pennsylvania will be assessed, on
average, an additional $385 per a year, starting in 2012. For school districts within
the 113th the estimates range from a low of $334 for Mid Valley to a high of $708 for
Scranton. This will be detrimental to every property owner in the 113th district. In
addition, the annual SERS (State Employees' Retirement System) pension funding
requirement will also skyrocket from $226 million to an estimated $1.9 Billion.
A primary function of the state legislature is to construct a workable budget
by the last day of June. Mike believes that if this date is not met the
Legislature should be sequestered in Harrisburg until a budget is passed.
The legislators should be accountable for the delay and not be allowed to
collect salary, per diems or any expense reimbursement.
Approximately 10,000 homes have been lost in Pennsylvania due to unpaid
property taxes and this does not include those who sold before they
defaulted. House Bill 1275, currently in the Legislature, would eliminate
school property taxes over a four year phase out. Mike strongly endorses
this legislation.
