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The PA State Stimulus Share...

Posted by Jay Kern on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:20:56 AM
I have to admit that I flat out reject the Republicans in the Pennsylvania State House's attempt to demand control over the stimulus money from the federal government.  It simply is not their right to do so.
 
  Am I happy that Ed Rendell gets to decide where 10 billion dollars in funds gets to go?  NO.
 
  The fact of the matter remains that we here in Lebanon County have three people to blame for the entire stimulus package.  Those people would be...  Representative Tim Holden.  Senator Robert Casey.   Senator Arlen Specter.   This stimulus should have never been passed in the first place. 
 
  The entire stimulus package is a crock, and the future will prove it to be so.
 
  At the same time, it should come as no surprise that the rejection of the governor's control of the stimulus funds  is nothing but a political issue, demanded  by the Pennsylvania State Republican party leadership and voted for by those that serve them.  At this point in time the Federal stimulus package has become nothing more than a partisan gripe.   The deal is done.  Deal with it. 
 
  This package, dealing with the nationalization of multiple banking corporations(including other businesses involved in the private sector),  is a total bastardisation of the entire free market economy.   It goes far beyond 'regulation' and enters the realm of Marxism.
 
  The entire U.S. Constitution itself is being laid upon the altar of Mob Rule, and right now it is approaching the point of extinction.
 
   ALL Pennsylvanians need to WAKE UP and forget partisan politics and work towards returning this country to it's roots.  Those would be the right to LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPENIESS.  Nothing else.  JUST THOSE THREE.
 
  That includes supporting the resolution set forth by State Senator Mike Folmer and State Representative Sam Rohrer reasserting State Sovereignty based upon the 10th Ammendment. 
 
  State sovereignty has become 'quaint' in the past 145 years, but it is still a primal and legal recourse when the federal government oversteps it's granted rights.
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The State Worker's Union

Posted by Jay Kern on Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:42:51 AM

The State Worker's Union

Posted by Jay Kern on Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:38:01 AM
   I admit I was slightly encouraged last week when Ed Rendell said in a news conference that across the board tax increases were off the table for next year, and that state layoffs were likely in order to balance the budget.  Then came word last evening from one of his biggest supporters (the head of the State Worker's Union) that layoffs were NOT an option and that the state had better find a way to fund the projected shortfall in funds.
 
   I have some bad news for the State Worker's Union.  You ARE going to lose positions this year.  Ed knows damned well that he can't justify a tax increase after preaching for the past 2 years how casinos were going to save the world.  At the same time it's much easier to cut 1,000 state jobs (or whatever the total number will be) rather than cut programs that are vital to Ed's Progressive Budget. 
 
  If you asked me about the projected 2.3 billion dollar shortfall, I'd tell you to pull the budget back to 2006 levels.  Yes, it's only 2 years, but the budget in 2006 was also the level of funding that is currently being projected.
 
  Jay
 
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Electricity Meltdown in 2010

Posted by Starz on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 8:38:25 PM
  It is a little too late for this electricity problem to be rectified in such a short time. My plan of action will be to use the least amount of electricity as I can. I am not rich enough to just shrug off this problem with the rise of electricity in 2010. I am in the middle class soon to be in the poor class. What will the poor class of people be called,once they take another step down? We have heard of below poverty level is there another level below that one.

   I am getting myself a wood/corn pellet stove and keeping myself warm in the winter with it. It will be cheaper than using the electric to keep warm. My only hope here, is that not a lot of other people will take my great idea. If they do, then I will be in the situation of either not getting my pellets or again paying a higher price for them, which will defeat what I am trying to do. I will also try to conserve by drying my clothes on the clothesline, the old fashion way. I should also think about sitting at night with just the TV on and no lights. Maybe I will light some candles. Maybe,the Amish people have the right idea.
 
     I really feel sorry for the poor, who don't have enough now to heat their homes. The oil went sky high, so a lot of people who have oil heat are now trying to heat with the electric heaters. When electricity goes sky high, what will they have left to heat their homes with that they will be able to afford. Our government programs for helping people with their heating bills will be over-whelmed with more people needing help to heat their homes with electricity. It also comes to my mind that not only will residential customers get hit, but businesses will too, which will mean, they will have to pass the increase onto the consumer. We are still in a situation with the oil. How much more can people take.
 
     I think the government needs to worry about here for once and get our economy straight before they send aid to other countries. Let's help our own people first. We are headed for a fall with the economy and nobody seems to believe that there is going to be a recession or worst.
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