Considering that 25% of the adult population of PA has acquired "some college but no degree" or an associates degree, there's likely a significant percentage of that segment of the population that would now qualify.

I get a payroll sheet of paper that itemizes it. It can be maddening how much is taken out. Basically a new honda civic each year. And we don’t even get a public healthcare option!

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From googling, almost 12,000 state employees make over 100k a year. Which used to be something I feel like but now I've read that the average household income needed to buy a home is for the first time over 100k. Craziness.

Uh, do you not receive a payroll stub?

not really. There's many different tax scenarios for people.

Not even clear what you mean by 'after tax'.... there so many ways you get taxed or 'rebated' on taxes.

They hire you but they don’t promote you and tell you that your lack of degree is holding you back.

I think people should see how much really comes out of their paychecks. Otherwise they have no idea of how much they really pay into the system.

What’s the point of a college degree when you can have chatgpt pass the exam while having zero experience or knowledge of field.

nah, I just read your profile/comments you leave and decided you weren't worth engaging. have a mediocre day! :)

I don't know.

There is a bottom level of folks that apply for jobs and get hired. I can say that I really haven't seen much of an actual lack of people applying for jobs because they don't meet the qualifications. Most folks I see talking about it say that even fully completely qualified folks don't get calls back. Most of the time I could see this only really working in IT work kinda fields but even then, most people I know won't work for the state for IT because they can make so much money in the private sector. like, they could easily get 50-100% more money by going private.

The intern program is one where someone in the last two years of their degree ,10 ish weeks of parttime paid work. so a couple years of experience with a degree and some training

To be a trainee, you can get a bach degree with 12 credits, four years of experience bookkeeping and 12 credits, or any combo already.

this has made it so you have six classes... and a couple of years experience. That already exists. in the above.

I guess I wouldn't feel all that comfortable with auditors having six classes and like a summer doing their uncle's books.

yeah in most parts of PA, a 40k salary is pretty decent if you dont have kids or a lot of expenses. however a lot of these jobs aren't even paying 40k and that's just a joke. 40k is just about the bottom of the "somewhat comfortably livable" range imo.

Pretty sure it was never the college degree requirements keeping people from applying for state jobs, its the sub $40k a year pay that is keeping people away. If I didn't have bills to pay, then a $40k a year job that is essentially sit and collect a pension in 20 years would be pretty attractive.

It's not far out of the way from Wilkes Barre to my in-laws who are watching our kids. My wife has never been to the mall or any mall that big. There are a few stores we'd like to check out that we don't have locally. We'll walk the mall for what it is then get something to eat and be on our way.

The figure seems to vary a bit, depending on who's telling it, but I'd agree.

Last I heard it was 46% of value in Erie was not taxable.

Right. So even that year of preK is not available to all due to lack of funds or whatever. I can’t imagine what it takes to expand that service to earlier stages. I’m glad you were able to utilize the program. The campaign I was referring to is on prekforpa.org I’m not sure if your program was related to this organization.

Are the foundations of the old radar tower still visible?

The good old persons network has been operating like this for YEARS in Erie.

Maybe DCNR will finally be able to fill it's ranger ranks... Wait they kept the bs 15 science credit rule...

There's the PA Pre-K Counts program, which provides free pre-k to families making up to 300% of the federal poverty level. That's how my son went to pre-k last year. From what our family advocate told me when we signed up, the demand is greater than the amount of kids they're able to serve though.

The way in which they frame the narrative - shift of tax burden from variable a to variable b, under the hypothetical that it'll push people to utilize their land in such a way that it is implied, will yield profit to either offset or net positive, is both an exaggeration and nonsensical.

Municipalities across the country are providing certain tax abatements, forgiveness, or sliding scale agreements in order to forgo that lump sum of revenue up front for the revenue that comes as a result of reinvestment, for the long term. This also includes changes to Zoning, and possibly codes/ordinances in order to allow for more flexibility with what can be built, in order to be more accessible to more people.

Their hypothetical only works if the buyer actually wants to invest in the community, not a single residential or commercial building, which may sit unaltered as structure or land, thus a loop hole is evident. It also won't work if, again, changes to the area's zoning don't happen because otherwise, if a company views it as an unnecessary hurdle, they won't invest. Plenty of other places, and States, for a business can set up shop. It's also dumb to think they don't have an army of lawyers reviewing these laws to find a way out of it.

It's another bullshit feel good policy they didn't fully flush out because they chose to lick boots rather than make simple changes to their ordinances, which would have allowed for the same thing, but with little to no freebees

Point is you shouldn't be using examples of mentally unstable people to make your point.

Point is that my tax dollars should not have to subsidize people having children that they cannot afford.