Epic fail. State moves another step closer to irrelevance. Goodbye Governor Corbett. (Pittsburgh: buying a house, buying)

[Bludy-L]

Originally Posted by BPP1999

I have actually never met anyone who hates other parts of the state (except, like you say, the sports rivalries). I truly believe that rural politicians are bashing Philadelphia to advance tea party causes, and that has started lots of this mud-slinging.

Believe me....the mud slinging is decades older than the Tea Party!

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[Icy Tea]

Much anti Philadelphia resentment are from old timers who left Philadelphia for the suburbs back in the 60s and 70s. They're older now so its lessened although there's been a whole new wave of "exiles" from Jersey. They're an interesting bunch. They're still very pro Jersey or also try to pass themselves off as being from NYC, and yet they left.
No place is perfect and its a trade off. I believe in taking the good with the bad and you balance what you like with what you don't like and accept it and don't try to change it.
You go beyond Montgomery County and Philly's influence falls away pretty drastically except of course for sports. Actually the Montgomery County area is a huge economic driver for the whole area, Philly included. Something like 30% of working Philadelphians commute out of the city and two counties away some commute to Philly. Philly's the biggest piece in the area as a whole, but its still a piece. South Jersey is probably influenced more by Philly than New Jersey the state.
As for Pittsburgh, not much what happens there even makes the news in eastern Pa. I'd say the same goes there for what happens in Philly.
Harrisburg probably dominates the news more than either with the lawmakers getting blamed for Pa's problems. If Philly is to be blamed for anything politically its that they've been a stumbling block to get a law passed repealing property taxes.

[pman]

PA gets thumbs up from Moody's for passing transport package

[BPP1999]

Also, the PA Farm Bureau voiced its support as well. Wonder what the rural Republicans thought after that one.

[Icy Tea]

Now we need to end the property tax or we'll still be stuck in the past with no forseeable chance at economic resurgence.

[pman]

Originally Posted by Icy Tea

Now we need to end the property tax or we'll still be stuck in the past with no forseeable chance at economic resurgence.

lowering the high corp net income would also be a start

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by pman

lowering the high corp net income would also be a start

This is more critical than anything else. If I was the governor of Pennsylvania, I'd make a law that lowers Pennsylvania's corporate income tax to 0.01% lower than the lowest rate among the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas. And if any of those four states changed their corporate income tax rates, the rate in Pennsylvania would instantaneously change with it. Then I'd smile like this as I signed the bill:

[trackstar13]

Yes both Pman and Gnutella are correct here.

[pman]

huh, I hadn't thought about switching to a GRT. maybe that should be an option

[RomaniGypsy]

This whole transportation bill was definitely a factor in our decision not to move to Pennsylvania. It's sick, quite honestly. The bill raises taxes with the promise of improving roads, but there's no guarantee that it will do that. For proof, all you have to do is look at PA's tax-and-spend neighbor to the north, New York. I know of no state in the Northeast that has worse roads than New York (and I've driven through all of the Northeastern states on minor highways and interstates) but yet New York has the highest gas taxes, by far, of all Northeastern states. Actually, New York has the highest percentage tax burden of ALL states and it STILL has terrible roads!

Don't imagine that the same won't happen to Pennsylvania. It'd be worth the extra tax money if PA ended up with the best roads in the region... but it ain't gonna happen. It's just another way that the tax-and-spend socialists can put more nails into the coffin of freedom. The money will be diverted to other things... perhaps welfare and Medicaid, the two expenditures that suck the largest portion of tax money anyway (or will, after this Obummercare law becomes fully implemented).