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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts) Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:13 PM Jun 2014

Pennsylvania is facing an estimated $1.4 billion deficit because of Governor Corbett's mismanagement

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Pennsylvania is facing an estimated $1.4 billion deficit because of Governor Corbett's mismanagement (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Jun 2014 OP

That puts him on the GOP short list for prez, right? nt djean111 Jun 2014 #1

And yet again, a Democratic Governor will have to clean up the mess Marie Marie Jun 2014 #2

Question is: will PA voters still reelect him? Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2014 #3

If the R's in my very red area of PA are any indication, a resounding NO. But you Mnemosyne Jun 2014 #4

Corbett has managed to piss off almost every demographic group in PA. blue neen Jun 2014 #5

Is this what drowning the Gov't in a bathtub looks like? blkmusclmachine Jun 2014 #6

And thus the cycle continues packman Jun 2014 #7

djean111

(14,255 posts)

1. That puts him on the GOP short list for prez, right? nt

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:32 PM

Jun 2014

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)

2. And yet again, a Democratic Governor will have to clean up the mess

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:34 PM

Jun 2014

of his Republican predecessor. And in the struggle to do so, the new Governor will be blamed for it all.

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

3. Question is: will PA voters still reelect him?

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Mon Jun 16, 2014, 10:44 PM

Jun 2014

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)

4. If the R's in my very red area of PA are any indication, a resounding NO. But you

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 11:14 PM

Jun 2014

just never can tell, if the right bone is picked, who knows.

Plus they own the machines.

blue neen

(12,319 posts)

5. Corbett has managed to piss off almost every demographic group in PA.

Reply to Liberal_Stalwart71 (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 11:32 PM

Jun 2014

-Senior Citizens (tried to outsource the PA Lottery to England).
-Young Families (draconian education cuts).
-College Students (more education cuts).
-Penn State Grads (Joe Paterno/Jerry Sandusky, etc.).
-Women ("They can just close their eyes" comments about forced vaginal ultrasounds).
-Property Owners (gave frackers all the rights; instituted "forced pooling&quot .
-Working People Without Insurance (cut Adult Basic Insurance and refused to expand Medicaid).
*All PA Citizens (gave away the store to Gas and Oil companies and frackers while refusing to tax them).*

Feel free to add to the list!

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

6. Is this what drowning the Gov't in a bathtub looks like?

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 04:50 AM

Jun 2014

packman

(16,296 posts)

7. And thus the cycle continues

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 09:36 AM

Jun 2014

Reps run up debt
Voters get pissed, vote Dem's in
Dems see mess, have to raise taxes
Reps bitch - Tax and spend
Dems get voted out
Reps get in - spend money coming in, lower taxes
Voters happy till bridges fall down
Reps run up debt when surplus is exhausted
Voters get pissed, vote Dems in
etc,etc., etc.

I love Pennsylvania, my home state - but I have seen this cycle too many times when I lived there.

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