Health & Fitness
Smaller Legislature = POWER GRAB
Shrinking the number of State Reps, in PA's Legislature a dangerous idea. Texas has part-time and their economy grows.
Our State Reps. want more job security.
Now they propose shrinking the number of Represntatives, to further disenfranchise voters - by 30% http://paindependent.com/2012/01/plan-to-cut-state-house-by-50-members-will-be-debated-on-house-floor/
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The good news: This requires a Constitutional Ammendment
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Instead of cutting costs, selling State Stores, etc., they work to immunize themselves.
One report shows Pennsylvania has slipped, AGAIN, from 36th to 43rd place in economic competitiveness AND to 46th in economic performance.
http://currmudgeon-patriot.blogspot.com/2011/08/pa-legislature-out-of-control.html
Pennsylvania, with 2,918 has a larger legislative staff than Texas, with 2,388.
Yet Texas has twice the population and their legislature is PART TIME.
Our laws and costs are driving people and business away! We lost a Congressional seat; proof of the 'too many laws, too high costs' abound in PA, for doing the ORDINARY.
Increasing property taxes, the Legislature's answer to everything, and ever-increasing income taxes, effect where jobs are and where young college graduates chose to move and live.
One example:The State Legislature would over-ride local rules on Marcellus Shale drilling regulations- disenfranchising residents with bonafide concerns
-WHO BENEFITS
Say NO to the Incredible Shrinking Legislature.
For More on the Legislature: http://currmudgeon-patriot.blogspot.com/2011/04/pennsylvania-needs-part-time.html