HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: It’s time to pitch the pledge. The folly of politicians signing their name to a blanket no-tax oath created by someone who doesn’t even live in Pennsylvania has become clear.
Voters don’t like it, and the backlash is evident with pols on the national level now backing away from it as they near the “fiscal cliff.”
We saw the same change of heart in the midstate before the election. During Patriot-News endorsement interviews with candidates, Democrats and Republicans said they would not sign the pledge. Now it is time for all our elected officials who already have signed it, including Gov. Tom Corbett, to publicly state they are no longer going to make decisions based on this ridiculous vow… (more)
