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Rob Mercuri: “The shadow budget in reality is up to $80 billion a year.”

Featuring: Rob Mercuri, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Pennsylvania, District 17

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Prosperity is Possible PA State Legislative Panel

Published | Video Starts at 24:29

And so while our appropriated budget from tax revenue is $45 billion this year and was just signed by the Senate and the governor and passed by both chambers, The shadow budget in reality is up to $80 billion a year. And so when you're thinking and back to your point about just like a family needs to allocate the money that they have, we as a state need to every … (24:29–24:33)

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Asserts that Pennsylvania's shadow budget amounts to $80 billion annually.

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