Shapiro’s Unsustainable Budget

Democrats love to use the word “sustainable” lately, so they really ought to take their own advice and look at the commonwealth’s budget through that lens.

The 2019-2020 total budget was $33.9 billion. The current proposed budget for 2025-2026 from Governor Shapiro is $51.5 billion. That’s a 51 percent increase in a short six-year period, which we will not hesitate in calling it what it is: unsustainable.

Nearly as concerning is the fact that the current budget proposal calls for about $4.5 billion of spending from two sources of non-recurring revenue. That means almost nine percent of the proposed budget is being paid for by one-time revenue sources. Again — unsustainable, without a 32 percent increase in the income tax.

(Read the entire article HERE: From the Editors: Shapiro’s unsustainable budget)