JUDY D.J. ELLICH
Daily American
February 12, 2010
Gov. Ed Rendell, state legislators and county officials are all wrestling with the same question: How do they balance the budget with declining revenue from tax collections.
[efoods]In 2009 all 50 states revealed the sharpest revenue drop in 46 years, according to a state finances report by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government in New York.
Earlier this week, Rendell proposed reducing the state sales tax from 6 percent to 4 percent and lifting the exemption status of 74 items to raise $531 million as part of his $29 billion budget proposal for 2010-11.
The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania is trying to determine what the governor’s budget proposal means to county employees and residents in terms of services and programs.
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