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Harrisburg, Pa., City Council Files for Bankruptcy

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's financially distressed capital city is seeking Chapter 9 bankruptcy, citing overwhelming debt.......

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Old Pudfark sez: " Stiffing the trash man...ain't a slick idea...when he's got piles... "

Harrisburg has issues, as do a lot of other mid-size municipalities here. Has to do with restrictions on local taxation, etc, but far to dull to delve into.

callmeslick wrote:Harrisburg has issues, as do a lot of other mid-size municipalities here. Has to do with restrictions on local taxation, etc, but far to dull to delve into.

Yeah...I got a grip on yer lip....on that one.
That "etc." would include spending, budgeting and borrowing?
It's yer state capital, I'll take yer word on it being dull.

no, Pud, it's more around how the revenues(tax monies) are distributed. Far too much controlled by the Commonwealth, far too little dispersed to mid-sized cities, in proportion to population and needs.

So, too much government?..........

ruggbutt wrote:So, too much government?..........

Priceless.....

ruggbutt wrote:So, too much government?..........

if you saw our legislature in 'action' you would understand. Not too much, incompetent, cronyistic government.

callmeslick wrote:

ruggbutt wrote:So, too much government?..........

if you saw our legislature in 'action' you would understand. Not too much, incompetent, cronyistic government.

your state governments in the Whitehouse?!?!?!?!?!?

No Offense and don't take this as "piling on"...but?
If ya can't get the wrong folks out of office on the local/state level?
How do you expect to keep the wrong folks in on the federal level?