[knarf]

A (wonderful) surprise to ME

[Buckeye McFrog]

still throwing too much money down a public education rat hole

[1Old Pro]

In his statement, the Republican governor cited the failure of legislators to deliver measures reshaping the retirement systems for state and public school workers. He cited the rising costs of pensions under current law.

Defined benefit programs have lavish payouts given the underfunding. THis goes for state workers, police and fire, etc. People are working 25 years and retiring for 40 or 50 years at almost full pay as they jack up their final 3 to artificially spike their retirement - it's a house of cards and never should have been allowed. All public sector employees should save themselves in a 401k like the rest of the people. The union retirees are laughing it up in Florida at 50 years old - the new elite.

[NFHale]

Well, Ol’ Corbie finally did something to bolster his sagging poll numbers.

Maybe he finally saw a “Wolf” at the door...

[Ghost of SVR4]

I have to say, I too am surprised by this.
Now to see where this leads.

BTW Governor, would you please tell PennDOT to QUIT shutting down every damn road I need to get to work in a reasonable amount of time? I am growing weary of perfectly good roads being torn up and my one way commute now 1.5 hours.

[Renegade]

I don’t give a rats azz about the budget .Where the hell is the pre-emption bill?

[Nextrush]

Tom Corbett (Republican) has to change the subject and grandstand after he raised gasoline taxes last year by 28 cents a gallon over five years with the first ten cents kicking in this year.

Any pension reform he seeks for government employees which is doubtful in our union run legislature will be too little too late but will be dramatized and exaggerated by a politician (Corbett) who needs to be re-election.

Money has been taken out of my pocket in PA so that a Republican governor could line the pockets of labor unions (typical PA politics) like the Laborers and Boilermakers who have endorsed Corbett’s re-election.

Highway and bridge construction interests have poured tens of thousands into Corbett’s campaign as a result of the gas tax hike.

This is a big PT Barnum show and I’m not one of those who said was “born every minute”.

[ExTxMarine]

In his statement, the Republican governor cited the failure of legislators to deliver measures reshaping the retirement systems for state and public school workers. He cited the rising costs of pensions under current law.

In other words, the budget they sent to him doesn't do enough to cover the tracks and hide the waste of all the money siphoned off the pension systems probably by him and several other politicians in the past AND it obviously does not comfortably kick the can far enough down the road so that if he wants higher office aspirations, this doesn't bite him!!

Or something(s) along those lines! GOT IT!

[P.O.E.]

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