John Baer: A veteran Democrat's modest proposal: Forgo new taxes, see what happens

IT WASN'T Deep Throat and it wasn't in a parking garage, but it did strike me as interesting. In a Capitol hallway in Harrisburg after hours, I met up with a veteran Democratic lawmaker from Western Pennsylvania. He's irked about the state budget, which is due next week but highly contested and promising to provide a long summer of white-hot political discord.

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