My regular readers already know about the huge tax increases already coming from Raleigh. They're still working out the details, but we are clearly going to see massive tax increases on everything from 25-cent candy to cable television to movies to cigarettes. At the same time, they're forcing other taxes that will show up likely next year.

The current budget proposal removes $15 million of spending from the state level for Medicaid, but still requires the counties to pay that money. In other words, the state is telling the county that they MUST spend this $15 million on Medicaid, but the state is not giving them the money to spend. Therefore the counties are going to have to raise their own taxes to meet the state's requirements.

And to let you know how confused the Democrats in Raleigh are, they actually think they're giving the counties a GIFT in doing this! Senator David Hoyle (D):

We are good to local governments. We give them sales tax. We give them franchise tax. They need to thank us instead of condemn us.

Operation Clean Sweep is aimed at one simple goal: cleaning house in the Pennsylvania General Assembly by defeating every single incumbent officeholder up for re-election in 2006.

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