From the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:
At a time when most revenue projections have fallen and then fallen some more, the state’s tax amnesty program generated good news for Pennsylvania’s bank account.
Delinquent taxpayers jumped at the chance to pay their debts because the interest charges and many of the late fees were waived. By the time the two-month program ended last week, $261 million had been collected from 60,000 individuals and businesses, a healthy $71 million more than had been expected.
Gov. Ed Rendell, who had been skeptical of the idea, became a believer and thanked sophomore lawmaker John Bear, a Republican member of the House, for insisting on it. Mr. Bear of Lancaster had been a management consultant before his election in 2007…
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Editor’s note: Perhaps the headline should have been “Democrat thanks Republican”
