When times are good government needs more tax revenue, When times are bad, government needs more tax revenue?
TO GOVERNOR Rendell and State elected officials:
There is something fundamentally wrong with the above statement..... Most of us who still have a job are worried that we won't soon have a job and have made salary concessions to keep our companies in business. I am so very tired of the government taking more and more of my money for them to spend how they please. Then you have the audacity to hold the citizens of PA as well as the employees of the state HOSTAGE because the House and Senate won't pass your BIG SPENDING budget. Isn't this just another form of BLACKMAIL? Last time I knew blackmail was illegal. I guess if you are a politician, there are different rules. I get so tired of hearing how we are going to have to cut police, education, parks and such which are a small percentage of the total package. That is BLACKMAIL!!!
WAKE UP Governor Rendell and State government elected officials!!!! If we are in a recession, YOU should be looking after the business of our state like a business. You have forgotten how to run a business like a business and have fallen prey to the government mentality of endless revenue courtesy of your constituents. We are tired of your big spending and want more of our money to spend on what we want.
Pull yourselves together as a legislative body and go through the budget like the rest of us business people. Propose a budget that takes a 20-30% cut in revenue from last years budget. Last years was too big too, but the economy was good so no-one cared.(My mistake too. I should have held you all accountable then) Then prioritize what needs to be spent for the safety and education of the commonwealth,(These are your first priorities) Then you prioritize medium and low items/programs and many of those will take cuts, that's how business works.
In Business you prioritize and cut in low/medium priority areas first to SURVIVE, let's see you do it!!!!!
A few Ideas for free:
We don't need any more state employees so put on a hiring freeze. Likely could lose a few of them and not even feel it except in the budget area.
Why don't state employees pay for any of their healthcare? I do and the percentage that I pay grows every year.
Take a close look at state vehicles, you likely could cut the fleet 10% or more.
Send fewer of those vehicles home with employees. Big GAS savings. I see state cars at 8 and 9 pm at night. I doubt any of them are on official state business.
Look closely at state "paperwork" and the flow of your state processes. MAP each process like you would a business process and take out the NON VALUE ADDED ACTIVITY. This is one of the biggest savings you can realize.
As a final note:
If you and legislators spent as much time looking for and addressing WASTE in all the government processes as you do lobbying and figuring ways to pay for bigger government, you may find that you can do all things you want to do with less money and fewer resources, thus saving your constituents money and letting them spend it on growing the economy.........
Kind regards,
FREEDOM!
