Pennsylvania New Budget Increases State Schools Tuition by 10 percent and Cuts 900 teachers

As Republicans celebrate new budget plans, working and middle-class citizens are really feeling the effects. While natural-gas drillers, are getting tax decreases, middle-class citizens are getting tax increases, while, at the same time, being laid-off. Nathan Benefield, director of policy analysis for the right-leaning Commonwealth Foundation, predicts the deal will cost taxpayers $160 million more by the year 2015. State colleges tuition is increasing 10%, making the already expensive tuition even more difficult to pay for in-state students. Sharon Ward, director of the left-leaning Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, says "We're already in an economic recovery that's still fragile. This budget makes it harder to recover...its cuts are affecting middle-class families and the knowledge-based economy." More than 900 Pennsylvania public school teachers are being laid-off, while republicans celebrate getting the budget passed on time! Do you see anything wrong with this picture?