I would say that income tax makes up the largest source to the PA budget and millionaires pay a significant portion of that source. So yes.

Not quite: https://youtu.be/nV2P7xt2rCM

Giselle has three kids and a husband recovering from a stroke… yeah I don’t think that’s a wise pick.

I’m from the east, and they all sound different. Mary rhymes with Carrie, Marry rhymes with carry, and merry rhymes with ferry.

why giselle?

I fought with my dad over pop vs soda.

I like this. You'd probably need to specify "limit one," and it may be controversial how to draw lines, but it's weird to me to vote in Diwali, but to exclude other major cultures' holidays in the process.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cot%E2%80%93caught_merger the top audio file.

Cot sounds more letter A like, more nasal, while caught sounds more like ought. A lot more O like.

You really think income tax from millionaires makes up a large portion of our state tax?

What do they sound like in the East?

What's interesting with warsh is that I have a friend, born and raised in Washington DC & suburbs, who says warsh. I'd love to see a map of the USA divided into "how to say wash" regions.

Sure thing. Did he also say "Iggles"?

Right?

I can hear my grandfather saying these words. He's been dead almost 5 years now. Thanks for the memories. <3

Ah, the cot-caught merger. Good times, good times.

My accent is extra fun because I grew up in South-Central PA but with recent transplants from the Pittsburgh area. So I've got, primarily, a SC PA accent/dialect (soda not pop), missing a few SC PA words/phrases (I never learned "all" for "all gone"), and I've got a few words/phrases of Pittsburgheze in my vocabulary (redd up, sweeper, gum bands, slippy, the need + past participle thing ("the grass needs cut"), and, of course, kibossy) because my parents taught me how to talk. But I can understand Pittsburgheze pretty well (growing up visiting my relatives out there).

Oh, and then I moved further South so I say y'all. So that's even more fun!

… then where do all our taxes come from?

We’re citizens of the United States, or if an LPR, or undocumented, whatever country they are citizens of. We are residents of PA

Oh ok I misunderstood what you meant.

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I would vote for her

I love the dick heads who try to justify that any amount of homeless kids is ok, even if it's for one day. Every single child should always have a place to call home every.single.one, full stop. You can even broaden this to literally every single person, all of them.

Which they don’t actually pay because loopholes.

I said they sell the gas at cost. I didn’t say they made no money.

Utilities operate on an allowable rate of return on invested capital on the allowable rate base. Invested capital to a gas utility is made up of pipes, pumping stations, valves, storage facilities, buildings and vehicles, computer systems, etc.

In a complex calculation, these assets depreciate a little of their value each year throughout their useful life. The role of the PUC is to set the allowable return on that asset base, then the utility needs to manage rates to that return in consultation with the PUC on a periodic basis.

But the gas is straight pass through at cost. They make their money on the fixed fee charged monthly and other charges on the bill (distribution charges, special riders as agreed by the PUC, etc).

Natural Gas prices have plunged recently. The commodity charges get adjusted by the PUC quarterly to make sure there is no profit on the gas. A downward adjustment is coming soon depending on your utility’s schedule.

Looking at your post history it’s obvious you work for some sort of company in the auto industry and are gathering market intel. Appreciate the hustle. Have a good one

Millionaires pay a lot already. What percentage is their “fair share”? Top income tax rate is 37%.