This article was brought to my attention, I thought you might be interested in seeing how some of your alcohol money is used...
http://www.thewgalchannel.com/8onyoursi ... etail.html
Paying for the 1936 Flood?
Well ain't that some shit!
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(During a Alcohol Prevention Program in School)
Speaker: And that, children, is what we plan to do! (Little Jimmy, the school nerd, raises his hand) Yes, Jimmy?
Jimmy: And exactly how is all of this paid for?
Speaker: We get the money from a special tax we established some 70 years ago by taking it from alcoholics just like your daddy, Jimmy.
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Good grief.
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(During a Alcohol Prevention Program in School)
Speaker: And that, children, is what we plan to do! (Little Jimmy, the school nerd, raises his hand) Yes, Jimmy?
Jimmy: And exactly how is all of this paid for?
Speaker: We get the money from a special tax we established some 70 years ago by taking it from alcoholics just like your daddy, Jimmy.
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Good grief.
Jae Smith
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esa
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And that is why I'm a practicing drunk (not an alcoholic...they go to meetings)...to support Johnstown and the massive drug problem we have there.
(No offense to the straight johnstownians. i lived there for a while and was getting tired of seeing dealings in my back yard/driveway area)
(No offense to the straight johnstownians. i lived there for a while and was getting tired of seeing dealings in my back yard/driveway area)
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I'll be the one left standing behind you, looking the other way as you glance back at what you've lost.
I'll be the one left standing behind you, looking the other way as you glance back at what you've lost.
Just another reason so many young people are leaving the state. I think the big plan is to make PA so bad to live in that everybody leaves and the PA Legislature can turn the whole state into a massive landfill for New Yorks Garbage.
Was anybody else pissed that a Budget couldn't be settled on but a pay increase for the Gov and all his cronies could be passed without a problem.
Was anybody else pissed that a Budget couldn't be settled on but a pay increase for the Gov and all his cronies could be passed without a problem.
If Freedom is not free then I will use my credit card.
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Yep, Harrisburg is getting as bad as Washington with their arrogance. We can't even control our state government anymore, let alone D.C.
The raise that made them 2nd highest paid behind California was bad enough. Worse, we get Rendell in there creating new local income taxes with the promise of reducing property taxes. Fortunately, most school districts saw right thru that and opted out. Never let a politician introduce a new tax, especially if it does not eliminate the old one.
Once established, there is nothing harder to eliminate than a tax.
The raise that made them 2nd highest paid behind California was bad enough. Worse, we get Rendell in there creating new local income taxes with the promise of reducing property taxes. Fortunately, most school districts saw right thru that and opted out. Never let a politician introduce a new tax, especially if it does not eliminate the old one.
Once established, there is nothing harder to eliminate than a tax.
...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time...
I saw a demographer on PCN a year or so ago... he said PA will soon be a wasteland.
First, PA is the second largest state in terms of elderly citizens, behind Florida. This is because of favorable tax conditions, best Home Nursing prospects in the USA, benefits from the PA Lottery, and cheap housing... oldsters move here from other states because of the benefits. In the fairly near term, as older folks are a very powerful voting force, education and business will suffer... old folks have no need for good schools (this already happened in FL) and cheap education makes for low property taxes.
Secondly, PA has the largest population of landowners over age 70 in the country, and the largest population of those over 85. As these people die, their estates will need to be settled, and land and personal property liquidated. This will happen over the course of only 15 years or so, creating a surplus of rural housing, small single family dwellings, and small farms. This will be compounded by the inescapable fact that young people are moving out of PA in droves. A surplus land market means empty unused land rotting away, shrinking tax base, and worst of all means the property I bought last year will yield less profit growth should I sell it.
Not a very pretty picture. At least I can play the slots!----->JMS
First, PA is the second largest state in terms of elderly citizens, behind Florida. This is because of favorable tax conditions, best Home Nursing prospects in the USA, benefits from the PA Lottery, and cheap housing... oldsters move here from other states because of the benefits. In the fairly near term, as older folks are a very powerful voting force, education and business will suffer... old folks have no need for good schools (this already happened in FL) and cheap education makes for low property taxes.
Secondly, PA has the largest population of landowners over age 70 in the country, and the largest population of those over 85. As these people die, their estates will need to be settled, and land and personal property liquidated. This will happen over the course of only 15 years or so, creating a surplus of rural housing, small single family dwellings, and small farms. This will be compounded by the inescapable fact that young people are moving out of PA in droves. A surplus land market means empty unused land rotting away, shrinking tax base, and worst of all means the property I bought last year will yield less profit growth should I sell it.
Not a very pretty picture. At least I can play the slots!----->JMS
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Now that is funny lol .. Just goes to show that they are slow to change things lol ..
@Songsmith - Don't forget that PA is also one of the biggest welfare states in the country. We have the I believe the largest amount of low income housing etc as well .. Heck, if you look around you will see a new one going up everyday. In Tyrone for example, we have four low income developements and there is talk about making the old Licoln school one, so that will make a total of five. So, in a town of around 6,000 to 7,000 people, about 1/3 to half will be living on one of these types of housing ..
Well, there is also 3 retirements homes as well. So I guess you can say that were are becoming a retirement mecka as well lol ..
@Songsmith - Don't forget that PA is also one of the biggest welfare states in the country. We have the I believe the largest amount of low income housing etc as well .. Heck, if you look around you will see a new one going up everyday. In Tyrone for example, we have four low income developements and there is talk about making the old Licoln school one, so that will make a total of five. So, in a town of around 6,000 to 7,000 people, about 1/3 to half will be living on one of these types of housing ..
Well, there is also 3 retirements homes as well. So I guess you can say that were are becoming a retirement mecka as well lol ..
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