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Issue Position: Strong Fiscal Discipline to Put Taxpayers First

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2016
Issues: Entitlements and the Safety Net Taxes Health and Health Care

*Oppose Governor Wolf's disastrous plan to increase taxes and spending by billions of dollars

*Provide real property tax relief by reforming the education funding formula so Lancaster County schools get their fair share, removing costly mandates from school districts, and reforming the public pension system -- all while we work toward school property tax elimination

*Reform the public pension system by placing all new hires into a 100% defined contribution system, and encouraging current enrollees to switch to the same

*Hold any proposed spending increases to less than any Social Security cost of living increases; the state must stop spending what taxpayers do not have

*Reverse the ObamaCare expansion in Pennsylvania that will ultimately cost state taxpayers billions of dollars

*Enact comprehensive welfare reform that focuses on proven strategies to reduce poverty while slowing the rate of spending

*Eliminate unfunded mandates to reduce costs at the school, county and municipal levels


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