Here's the low-lights of Corbett's last budget proposal

[JPZenger]

2. Slashing pension payments to pay for corporate tax cuts and election year goodies

Corbett proposes to reduce the state's share of pension contributions from 16 percent of payroll to about 2.3 percent for State Employee Retirement System in 2014-15. He would cut the state's and school district's share of State Teacher's Retirement System contribution from about 17 percent of payroll to about 2.3 percent.

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-corbett-budget-proposal-0204-20140204,0,6894453.story#ixzz2sO1SYsSt

I can understand some adjustments to avoid huge scheduled increases in pension payments, but Corbett is proposing to slash what is already being paid.

The following link shows how additional revenue could be easily generated to fund public education, without slashing pension payments and without increasing income taxes. For instance, PA is the only state that does not tax cigars and chewing tobacco. It just makes sense to tax things that kill people.

http://www.pahouse.com/HACD/series/2773/REV_Corbett_Corporate_Favors_FF_Update_012414.pdf