Southeastern PA Wants our Tax Money Back to Fund SEPTA

Pennsylvania’s transit funding debate has put Philadelphia and its surrounding counties in an impossible position.

The five southeastern counties are home to about 40 percent of PA residents, and contribute around 40 percent of the state’s tax dollars while consuming just 5 percent of the state’s land area. The Philly region is an economic powerhouse unlike any other place in the Commonwealth.

But with the reality of split-party control of the state legislature, lawmakers from around the state are empowered to take advantage of the Philadelphia region alternately as a piggybank and a punching bag.

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In the case of transit, Senate Republican leaders Joe Pittman and Kim Ward and others in their caucus do not want to fund transit at the state’s historic s