Pittsburgh business update (Penn: job market, colleges, tax)

[wpipkins2]

Originally Posted by gg

I'm sure they have due to my higher taxes. They are buying shrimp, filet and the best beer money can by of course all while sitting on their cans smoking a J. Meanwhile the working people pay for the losers. For me, I have enough it doesn't matter, but for the middle and lower middle, they struggle due to the privileged food stamp folks.

Nobody sits at home. That is a Regean era myth. Most people work. Some earn more than others. You’re overly focused on other peoples shopping carts. Mind your business.

[Reggiezz]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

Nobody sits at home. That is a Regean era myth. Most people work. Some earn more than others. You’re overly focused on other peoples shopping carts. Mind your business.

You've got a whole demographic who have adopted the dumb 12 year old look conveniently displayed by the fraud Sam Bankman Fried or the freaks you've seen in the Biden admin. They're not self supporting. They're losers.

And some of them were doing very bad things on message boards.

As Musk says, a private company acting by itself to suppress free speech is not a 1st amendment violation, but acting under orders from the government to suppress free speech, with no judicial review, is.

If you got money to suppress speech and the origin of that money is the Democrat Party or the government itself, you can be sued by everyone you affected. See how Karma pays you back? And the evidence is forever.

[gg]

I posted this a while back, but I suspect there are a lot of new readers here. If you want to know what permits are being applied for here is a site for it. Need to get back on track somehow.

https://pittsburghpa.agencycounter.com/?tab=map

[villageidiot1]

Originally Posted by wpipkins2

Nobody sits at home. That is a Regean era myth. Most people work. Some earn more than others. You’re overly focused on other peoples shopping carts. Mind your business.

Isn't it amazing how some people think there taxes are paying for all these people on welfare?

Here are some good statistics on PA's population: Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by villageidiot1

Isn't it amazing how some people think there taxes are paying for all these people on welfare?

Here are some good statistics on PA's population: Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Where does the money come from for folks on welfare, and please be specific?

[gg]

Originally Posted by villageidiot1

Isn't it amazing how some people think there taxes are paying for all these people on welfare?

Here are some good statistics on PA's population: Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Could you elaborate more. I am asking because I might learn something and hope to. Thanks. No I am not kidding or joking when I am asking. You may know more than I on this subject. I know that would be rare on here as I...well...., but on the subject of people that can't provide for themselves, I am not that well versed.

Thanks.

[erieguy]

The Hills snack bar is coming back as a food truck

https://www.wtae.com/amp/article/hil...vania/42259311

[svband76]

Originally Posted by erieguy

The Hills snack bar is coming back as a food truck

https://www.wtae.com/amp/article/hil...vania/42259311

This I absolutely love! The smell was indescribable. Nothing healthy at all about anything being offered but it's still a cool idea.

[villageidiot1]

Originally Posted by svband76

This I absolutely love! The smell was indescribable. Nothing healthy at all about anything being offered but it's still a cool idea.

My family used to make many trips to Hill's in Uniontown back in the 1960s. I have no nostalgia for their snack bar. I doubt I ever ate there.

[BUILD PENN SQUARE]

Philly, Pgh. among U.S. cities with lowest real minimum wage

https://www.penncapital-star.com/gov...orning-coffee/

"Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are among the American cities where the buying power of the minimum wage has decreased because of rising prices and inflation, according to a new report.

Despite repeated legislative pushes to raise it, Pennsylvania’s statutory minimum wage of $7.25 an hour remains tied to the federal minimum wage, which hasn’t been raised since 2009. Meanwhile, five of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states — Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio all were set to raise their minimum wages this year.

In Pittsburgh, where the cost of living is lower, the minimum wage is worth a nominally lower $7.20 an hour, according to the SmartAsset analysis.

As was the case with his predecessor, Democrat Tom Wolf, Pennsylvania's new Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has called for raising the state's minimum wage to "at least $15 an hour — period."