PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: The Corbett administration’s fiscal chief, amid a withering, two-hour pummeling by state House Democrats on the final day of budget hearings, accused former Gov. Ed Rendell on Thursday of running “Ponzi schemes” on the citizenry…
[Budget Secretary Charles] Zogby touted Corbett’s belt-tightening initiatives, saying the Republican governor “inherited” a $4 billion deficit along with unresolved issues such as pension funding…
Under questioning from two Democrats on the Appropriations Committee, Joe Markosek of Allegheny County and Mike Carroll of Luzerne County, Zogby ratcheted up the rhetoric, likening Rendell to the famed con artist for his handling of education funding, the pension issue, and even adultBasic, the popular health-insurance program for the working poor that Corbett eliminated as its costs spiraled…. (more)
