Legislators who oppose Gov. Shapiro’s budget need to see the people it’s designed to help | Social Views

Joyce Davis, opinion editor for PennLive

Joyce Davis is opinion editor for The Patriot-News and PennLive.com. March 5, 2019. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com PENNLIVE.COMPENNLIVE.COM

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s budget address was barely finished Tuesday before opponents started picking it apart. House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) even went so far as to call it a “phishing scam,” something that appears just too good to be true.

House Republican Appropriations Chairman Seth Grove (R-York) called the governor’s plan “unaffordable, irresponsible and misleading.” And the entire York Republican delegation banded together and vowed to oppose it.

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