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Originally Posted by dsjj251
IM not arguing that it isnt an issue at all, but it doesn't explain your state being 2 billion in the whole .
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I didn't say it was the only issue, what I said was it was the major one. I will reiterate it's not just the state, this is affecting all levels of government in PA. Our other major problems are that education and welfare spending have doubled over the last 2+ decades. PA teachers are now some of the highest paid in the country and they still want more, you always hear the call for more education spending. They got it and testing results have remained flatlined in that same time frame. As far as the welfare benefits they are so generous you have people moving here from other states to get them.
Spending more never seems to work, it just escalates more. The recent fuel tax increase for example, we now have one of the highest fuel taxes in the country. As it turns out a lot of that money is not going for roads where the funding is badly needed, it's going to the State Police as one example and mass transit. Meanwhile the people paying for that are driving around on potholed roads.
These problems have not occurred overnight and we are not going to fix them overnight with new taxes. They have been created over decades because they kept kicking the can down the road, the can can't kicked anymore. If you want to reduce deficits you need to look at where you are spending first, then consider tax increases.
Do you understand what I'm saying? I'm tired of hearing we need more money because it never seems to end.
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