This budget is unduly harsh, and in no way "shares the pain" as Gov. Corbett promised.

Education - $1 BILLION+ LESS

Education funding cuts will jeopardize the education of children from working-class families and open the door for property tax increases on citizens who can least afford to pay more.

Local children will lose an average of $322 each in state funding:

• Bristol Borough - $688,000 cut or $501 LESS per student
• Bristol Township - $3.1 million cut or $442 LESS per student
• Morrisville Borough – $336,000 cut or $345 LESS per student
• Neshaminy – $1.5 million cut or $168 LESS per student
• Pennsbury – $1.7 million cut or $152 LESS per student

Human Development Fund - $8.5 MILLION LESS

The Human Services Development Fund provides counties with funding for such programs as:

• Adult services
• Aging services
• Homeless assistance
• Children and youth services
• Community mental health/mental retardation programs
• Drug and alcohol programs

State Food Purchase Program - $500,000+ LESS

$339,000 LESS for the State Food Purchase Program that helps needy seniors, families and others put food on the table.

According to Pennsylvania Hunger Action Center 2009 figures:

• Nearly 500,000 Pennsylvania households were at risk of hunger
• In an estimated 168,000 of these households, at least one member went hungry

Fee on out-of-state drilling companies – ZERO!

While this budget makes deep cuts to education and human services that children, the elderly and the poor rely on, it asks nothing of the out-of-state drilling companies that are making millions harvesting our Marcellus Shale. Nor does it make any effort to close the Delaware loophole that allows corporations to skirt state taxes.