[IbJensen]

If Mr. Rendell's tax plans were to pass, that will be a stake through the heart of the Commonwealth...

Pennsylvanians need to arm themselves with pitchforks and torches and march on Rendell's Harrisburg mansion, much like the villagers marching on Dr. Frankensteins's castle, or Van Helsing seeking out Dracula's crypt in order to solve a serious problem.

[freeangel]

As a former Pennsylvanian, I hope PA can straighten this mess out.

[Mrs. Don-o]

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And by the way, IbJensen, thank you for posting this article, and for many other good articles you have put up here at FR. This is valuable and informative.

[Erik Latranyi]

Fast Eddie has been doing this to us since Day One of his administration.

Pennsylvania is a state with the second largest retired population (second only to Florida) in the nation and an industrial base that has been eroded by years of union-sympathizing, liberal government.

The occasional Republican Administrations have been feckless (Tom Ridge).

The youth go to college in Pennsylvania (the state ranks near the top in number of colleges in the nation) and then leave as fast as they can because professional jobs are not available in large numbers here.

Oh, you can work in the healthcare industry (which is the only booming industry in this state —— thanks to the elderly!)

The natural gas drilling is slow because prices stink and because this state views the gas companies as a means of revenue and environmental controls, rather than as an economic potential.

[flowerplough]

Rendell Tax Plans Would Kill Pennsylvania more quickly. But his plans don’t don’t matter much, do they? Pennsylvania is dying and will die. Our chocolate city, Philadelphia, is rapidly shrinking, and no steel comes from Pittsburgh any more. The oil, coal, and hardwood lumber are gone, and the populace is the nation’s second-largest collection of oldsters, behind Florida. Pennsylvania is, these days, little more than a patched-together version of New New Jersey and North West Virginia.

[haircutter]

Just maybe Pennsylvania will wake up and choose a Conservative Gov.
Rendell loves himself, thinks he is great...we totally dislike the guy, can't wait for his term to end, then let the Dem's in Washington have him to continue on his path of destruction.
The State Senate needs to continue fighting this guy.

[P.O.E.]

Most important, the Senate innately understands that you cannot tax your way out of a recession and into prosperity.

Mallard Fillmore's comic strip Sunday, 9/6

"How to tell if your government's nuts", with a politician saying "Taxing obesity will end it. Taxing prosperity will increase it."

[airborne]

Great article! Thanks for posting it. Here in Lebanon County, life goes on as usual. But then we aren't a big city like Philly, that has spent it's way into debt and is over run by unions and government bureaucracy.

This story has it right. "...government, just like Pennsylvanian families, must tighten its belt, especially when times are tough..."

[Cheetahcat]

I love the Place but the Rats ruined it,Leftys can not make money the old fashioned way they must Lie Cheat and Steal money Via Taxes Shame there is a lot of natural resource's in that state not mentioning the Agriculture.