HARRISBURG – Tom Corbett for Governor Campaign Manager Mike Barley released the following statement in response to Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz’s flawed education plan:

“Governor Tom Corbett, a former school teacher, is prioritizing education by increasing state funding for Pennsylvania schools to historic levels. Congresswoman Schwartz’s plan recycles the same old tax-and-spend policies of failed administrations that led to a $4.2 billion deficit, high unemployment and kicks the can down the road for future generations.”

“Congresswoman Schwartz also ignores the role she played in voting for the wasteful trillion-dollar Obama-Pelosi federal stimulus that irresponsibly backfilled cuts made by the previous administration so they could continue to spend our state into debt.”

“The simple truth to Congresswoman Schwartz’s plan is that the math just doesn't add up. If you tax natural gas to the point they leave and take jobs with them, how will she be getting the funding for any of these initiatives? Pennsylvanians can only be left to wonder what other taxes she will raise to make up the difference.”

“Congresswoman Schwartz and her Obama-Pelosi policies are failing us in Washington, D.C. Why would we import that agenda to Harrisburg?”

# # # #