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The Pennsylvania Legislature is showing little restraint in its current budget development. It will once again leave the taxpayers holding the reins as it tries to push through a budget with an inordinately large deficit.

Taxpayers will have to cut further as the state keeps up its level of spending in its latest budget proposal.
Pennsylvania is looking at a budget deficit of about $3.2 billion. The state Senate, where Republicans still hold the majority, has proposed a budget of $27.3 billion. Democrats in the state House and Rendell are looking to spend $28.9 billion, according to a recent Mercury editorial.