If Corbett can win reelection in November, one of his first orders of business would be to call a special session in the legislature to handle the pension crisis in the state he revealed today.
Corbett cites pensions as a major issue because some cities, including Scranton, are distressed due to their unaffordable pension obligations. In addition, he says a number of school districts in Pennsylvania could come “close to bankruptcy” if no solution is found.
“If I don’t get re-elected for four more years, there will be nothing done about this, because Mr. [Tom] Wolf says there is not a pension problem,” Corbett said.
While Tom Wolf did not respond to Corbett’s comments, his spokesman, Jeffrey Sheridan said Corbett’s pension plan does not solve the pension problem and it is only “kicking the can down the road.”
According to the governor, his poll numbers are low because he is taking on the issues “no one else will touch”, including pensions, ending the state-controlled liquor stores, and privatizing the state lottery.
“If I had been looking toward reelection, do you think I would have taken on pensions, when all it does is get everyone upset?”, Corbett said.
Corbett briefly refused to sign the budget in July 2014, citing the lack of pension reform in the budget as the main reason.
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good move by cobitt thats why hes gonna beat tim wolfe in a land slyde in nov
Gov. Corbett is lashing out at Tom Wolf out of desperation because he knows that he is going to lose in November. He has been in office for four years now and yet, Corbett has done absolutely nothing about pension reform. If the governor needs someone to blame, all he has to do is look in the mirror and he will see.
“Please, please, please don’t be mad at me. If you give me another chance, I promise I’ll be better.” – said PA Gov. Tom Corbett on why he needs a second term, and every 5-year-old in the history of language (because a 5-year-old doesn’t realize how sad that sounds).
What is your biggest weakness?
“I work too hard and I care too much about other people.” – said PA Gov. Tom Corbett on why he won’t get re-elected, and every slow-witted person who has interviewed for a job (not knowing it makes you sound stupid and dishonest to the interviewer).
So pathetic.
Ron Tomalis schtick has way more potential than Chris Martinez schtick ever did
I have never seen a more tone-deaf politician. No one gived a Good G-D about some made-up pension “crisis” that exists only in his mind! The actuaries – you know, the ones who use real numbers? – disagree with him completely. If he hadn’t starved all the state and local governments by saving his Big Oil Benefactors from a severance tax, there would be surpluses from here to his retirement home in South Carolina. What a maroon. Down 25 points, on merit.
Bill…Exactly…These unions need to be busted. Just like in Wisconsin.Nothing will change until that happens. We the tax payers are the boss and they dont get that !
Public sector workers always pointing the finger at the taxpayers. Imagine if we stopped paying our forced taxes than you’d appreciate the hand that feeds. Time to make sacrifices AFL-CIO, SEIU, AFSCME, and UFCW.
davis dain, it aint no questn about ‘if” he gonna be lected, he defanitly will.
Mr. Corpbutt pay your bills on time! At least start paying your bills and don’t kick that can down the road! What a bass clown.
He’ll hire me back if he gets re-elected. I still won’t do any work
Corbett has had four years to call a special session or do anything productive to correct any problem, and never has…spent too much time slapping himself on the back for “on-time” budgets” … it is easy to pass an on-time budget when you don’t address problems and just kick the can down the road.
How much of the Pension Shortfall has been caused by his and the GOP dominated legislature’s refusal to make the required pension plan payments?
Also.. if elected… Corbett will grown wings and a horn, fly into the sky, and shoot rainbows from his ass.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh how delusional he is.