So the issue is if you promote something. Say it’s going for one thing. Let’s say for example the roads. Then you turn around and use it for another thing… wouldn’t that fall under a false tense? A type of fraud to the public?

I worked at the tobacco hut in this story and the prices were insane lol.

How come Vermont has stellar roads? Shoot just driving over the border on route 29 you can feel the massive difference. I think they might get a little bit more extreme weather then we do in Pa?

You have proof about the budget? When they did the audit a few years back that’s when they discovered the 4.3 billion went to pensions. That was in the papers, radio, and news. It was a pretty big story that upset a lot. As for Wolfe re writing laws. Understand that. He could’ve brought it out more into a public focus and put the lime light on his fellow Republican lawmakers who chose to make such a crappy tax.

LMAO

That $4.3 billion was for operations of state police and not just retirees pensions. It was over ten years and amounted to only ten percent of pendot s budget over that time period

Wolfe can’t rewrite the law. If the automatic increases are written into the law by the legislature and the law is signed by a previous governor, he has no authority to stop the increase without breaking the law.

Also 4.3 billion went to pensions and not the roads/bridges.

I know Wolfe didn’t increase it bc it was set to increase the two times during his tenure bc of Corbett. Wolfe also could’ve put a stop to it.

OK, that might explain the drug dealer. How about the Delta 8 company? No way that's a "plant" for the anti groups to get their way?

Too bad I seriously like my guns as well and i don’t see that issue being solved anytime soon

>I think the outrage belongs to the legendary gas tax installed by the Corbett era (republican) and increased two more times during the Wolfe (democrat) era.

Wolfe didn’t increase the gas tax. Those were automatic increases from the Corbett law

> It’s the added tax to the gas pump. It was touted as a tax to fix our roads and bridges when they passed it… instead 4.3 billion went to the pensions of the state police. 4.3 billion.

That’s not entirely accurate. The $4.3b is the entire state police budget over several years. Democrats proposed changing the law to charge rural areas state police user fees. Regardless, that 4.3b is only ten percent of the entire pendot budget so it isn’t the only factor affecting pendot budget issues. Some issues are

decades of lower taxes and deferred maintenance has created a massive backlog

more state miles of roads per capita than almost every other state in the country

located in climate zone that has some of the most frequent freeze thaw cycles leading to defrosting roads

State is especially susceptible to landslides that destroy road

Anemic population growth but same amount of roads

Elderly population doesn’t pay income tax.

You'll share the map here when you are done?

It applies to other words / names too

“john” vs “jawn”

“Don” vs “Dawn”

Creek, 100% of the time.

Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence... It's way more likely some dude handling drugs was negligent, had cross contamination and didn't have the oversight to make sure the product was safe. That's what happens when profits are first priority.

Take a look at what you initially responded to in this comment thread. You’re tone is pretty consistent in your comments throughout the post. You are doing barely more than the price of admission to be a part of the societal solution you’re describing. Admittedly, I am too; but, also not being a jerk about it and shaming people for asking questions or saving for retirement.

The best way to know your medicine is safe is to grow your own.

Just the people that are realistic and don’t want people that use drugs to have access to firearms. To be honest, I bet if you had a similar law with guns and alcohol, gun deaths would be severely cut. Having people use a depressant that impairs judgment and giving them a gun is a recipe for suicide or violence.

And having it illegal is how we got antifreeze in moonshine.

What do you expect from a government service while operating under a free market system?

I’m near the New York border and right on the border there’s an Indian Reservation that’s where I’ve been going. No state taxes as of now.

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I've yet to see prolific gun rights organizations support change in this law because they are Republican backed and the party has an anti weed stance. Going against their Republican donors would be suicide.

Maybe until it's legal across the board we should be convincing republican lobbying groups disguised as gun rights groups to actually advocate for freedom.

The GOP doesn't have a monopoly on gun ownership, make groups like the NRA more appealing🤷

One of these people spent over a decade as mayor and later lieutenant governor, the other was that persons spouse . If your heart surgeon breaks their hand you don’t get their spouse to do the job unless they are also a heart surgeon

Definitely not a wise pick. The truth is we need someone that has the time to do the job. Our voices need to be heard.