OK, Pennsylvania, it's now getting to be goddamn ridiculous. 119 days and counting with no budget. State House and Senate have both borrowed millions of dollars in order to pay their staffs, because the last time this happened, we made it illegal to not pay state workers in the event of a budget battle.
It's hitting close to home now. My daughter has been effectively laid off for a month. She works for the State as a permanent floating temp, going from office to office as needed. She was forced to leave a great position at the Department of Education because they had nothing for her to do; all the work was on hold pending approval of the state budget. Which was supposed to be done by July 1. Instead she had to go to another department, to a less attractive position, which was then cut completely in a frenzy of cost-saving. She can only earn pay for hours worked, and because of a statewide hiring freeze, no new position is forthcoming.
People all over the state are suffering because of this idiotic pissing conteste between a Republican legislature and a Democratic governor. It's time it was ended. I don't want my tax dollars to be spent on loan interest because the Republican senate can't get their minds around a tax on fracking. (PA is the only state out of 50 that imposes no such tax.) There are other sticking points, but that's the big one.
Cut the crap, do your freaking jobs, and get the state workers back to work.
It's hitting close to home now. My daughter has been effectively laid off for a month. She works for the State as a permanent floating temp, going from office to office as needed. She was forced to leave a great position at the Department of Education because they had nothing for her to do; all the work was on hold pending approval of the state budget. Which was supposed to be done by July 1. Instead she had to go to another department, to a less attractive position, which was then cut completely in a frenzy of cost-saving. She can only earn pay for hours worked, and because of a statewide hiring freeze, no new position is forthcoming.
People all over the state are suffering because of this idiotic pissing conteste between a Republican legislature and a Democratic governor. It's time it was ended. I don't want my tax dollars to be spent on loan interest because the Republican senate can't get their minds around a tax on fracking. (PA is the only state out of 50 that imposes no such tax.) There are other sticking points, but that's the big one.
Cut the crap, do your freaking jobs, and get the state workers back to work.
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