The Difference Between Onorato and Tom Corbett

Politcspa.com is featuring a story about Onorato's attacks on AG Tom Corbett for issuing subpoenas of Twitter accounts rumored to be authored by convicted Bonusgate defendant Brett Cott.

Asked if he’d do it again, the candidate then indicated he might.

“20/20 hindsight, would we go after it?” Corbett asked. “I think it depends on the situation at the time.”

The Onorato campaign, which has criticized the subpoenas before, highlighted the exchange in a press release Wednesday titled “Corbett All Atwitter Again.” The release also criticized the attorney general for suggesting the state should lay off teachers and firefighters if that’s necessary to balance the budget, a scenario Governor Ed Rendell has alluded might happen if the state doesn’t receive nearly $550 million in federal medical assistance.

Corbett argued that the state needs to cut costs just like the private sector and families have done to “bring its fiscal house in order.”

Back to the chart from the Pennsylvania Independent. Looks like Onorato needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.

Government Creating Jobs Not Private Sector

The Pennsylvania Independent features a great chart in this article demonstrating the need to reduce the size of government in Pennsylvania. The normal laws that apply to economic cycles is void in government. During this recession, the worst we have witnessed since the Great Depression, many jobs were lost. It's only natural that revenue to states would decrease as well.

As the chart depicts state jobs have not only been spared but increased in Pennsylvania while private sector jobs have plummeted.




During the two years from September 2007 until September 2009 - a range stretching from a few months before the national recession hit until the most recent data available - the ranks of state government employees grew by nearly four percent. In the same time frame, the number of private sector workers in Pennsylvania, the ones who have to pay for the public sector employees salaries and benefits with their tax dollars, has dropped by more than four percent.

In real numbers, public sector employment grew by more than 4,500 jobs during those two years, while private sector employment fell by 242,000, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In the past SOP has featured posts about the dubious PennDOT 35 crew and the ridiculous statements made by chief propaganda meister Brett Marcy . "We have worked hard to trim costs and find ways to improve efficiencies," said Brett Marcy, press secretary to House Majority Leader Todd Eachus, D-Luzerne.

Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you.- Lemmy Kilmister