Corbett and Nutter: Pennsylvania's ‘Odd Couple'

Posted: June 12, 2012

MAYBE ONE day Gov. Corbett and Mayor Nutter can admit that they really don't care about working people.

Mayor Nutter keeps coming back to City Council to raise the taxes on the homeowners to "support the school district." The debt keeps getting worse every year. He then praises the efforts to privatize the school district and end the contracts that the labor unions have that keep people with family-sustaining jobs.

When it comes to the state budget, Gov. Corbett keeps looking to cut the education, social services, etc. that the working people and families need the most. Yet he can give additional funding to the prisons and find ways to cut taxes and give extraordinary tax breaks to some of his previous donors.

One thing seems to come together for Gov. Corbett and Mayor Nutter is they look for every chance they get to privatize social services, education and anything else. One day they blame the economy, and after they beat the economy excuse to death they blame each other.

Gov. Corbett and Mayor Nutter are like the modern-day "Odd Couple." During election time they campaign against each other's party. Yet when it comes to making sure that the rich keep getting richer and the everyday working person has to struggle to make ends meet, they could be identical twins. n

David Krain

Philadelphia

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