You haven't been following the news much, huh. The budget was cut by 1.7 Billion.  A big chuck was a cut in school debt reimbursements to boroughs and first class cities (so you and I will pay for it locally) and a cut in the capital budget . The combination of further budget cuts, and new taxes, and restructuring the PFD is needed to get the State on a sustainable future. So long as he puts the long term health of the State first, he will have my vote. If you want a PFD you better support his restructuring, because without it and the other cuts and revenue enhancements -TAXES, the PFD will be spent on government by court order. The State has Billions in debt, and if we don't fix the system then the debt will take the PFD.