Act 1 ... what are your thoughts? Please Help me on this one!!!!!

LusOnlyVoice

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Date: Thu May 3 5:40 PM, 2007

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I was over across the hall ... peeking around and I found posts that actually seemed pretty well thought out and valid ... I know what you are thinking ... but as a friend of mine once said "Even a Blind Squirrel finds a nut every now and then" ... So I am asking for you all to review ... Act 1 and discuss your thoughts on it here ... will it be a savings to the taxpayer ... or will it end up being just another tax that will keep your wages down. I went to the PA Power Port and well there I found link ... http://www.pde.state.pa.us/proptax/lib/proptax/allocation_notification_may07.pdf concerning Act 1. Here is says that there have not been sufficient funds in the Property tax Relief Fundat the end of the certification period to provide homeowners with property tax relief in the fiscal year 2007-2008. So from this I gather that should Act 1 go through there would not be a definite relief of Property tax for the home owners ... so tell me why is Act 1 a good thing and someone please shoot me for agreeing with the kids across the hall ... Act 1 is not a good thing ... if it is will someone please explain it to me. I am reasonable and can comprehend should you have valid reasons that this would be in the best interest of the taxpayers. I didn't go over to the Dark Side because I agree on one thing did I? If this post is confusing and all over the place I apologize as I do not really understand and need the help of those of you who do understand this issue. Thanks Lus __________________ I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.

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Date: Thu May 3 8:32 PM, 2007

RE: Act 1 ... what are your thoughts? Please Help me on this one!!!!!	Permalink

Lus, Some good can often result from evil...Hitler gave us the Volkswagon Beetle and Mussolini had the Italian trains running on time...so don't fret over agreeing the 'Casa de la thugs'. Hell, I've agreed with a point or two made over there, although as soon as that happens Anti usually jumps into the thread with some fanatical rant about how the Jesuits have ruined society as we know it and before you know it I'm back to disagreeing. Anyway, I am very cynical over the prospects of real property tax reform in Pennsylvania. I do agree that it's needed; property owners are not the only ones using the public school system, so why should they be the one's bearing most of the cost? However tying property tax reform to gambling revenue doesn''t seem to make sense to me for one primary reason: school costs are predictable, but gambling revenue is not. What's actually needed? In my estimation, the principle problem with the government in general is that it is too big (at all levels) and spends far too much money. That includes school districts. Put another way, all of the solutions to school funding problems proposed lately have to do with increasing revenue, but rarely does anyone look at reducing costs. This is the exact opposite of what happens in the private sector. Now I know that there is a limit as to what costs can be reasonably cut in the world of education, but I find it hard to believe that the Scranton School District is anywhere near efficient when it comes to things like administrative overhead, purchasing, benefits administration, etc.. What's more, schools need to take a very hard look at the non-educational expenditures, such as sports (I know, such talk is nearly heretical in NEPA), before considering additional revenue sources. I want the best educational system possible for my girls, but I know that high cost doesn't automatically equate to high quality (just ask any Jaguar or Mercedes Benz owner...). In summary, giving the government more money is like giving an alcoholic more booze...namely there is never 'enough'...so the entire endeavor seems to me to be nothing more than a shell game. We do need to re-think school financing, but it needs to be done in a holestic manner that provides for efficiency incentives along with predictably stable revenue sources. __________________ Free Speech does't require a multi-paragrah disclaimer Mr. Pilchesky.

LusOnlyVoice

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Date: Fri May 4 5:50 AM, 2007

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Thank you Ag ... you have set my mind at ease about agreeing with those nuts ... and now I can honestly say that I understand better. Thank you ... hopefully others will give an opinion on this. __________________ I want everyone to stop and think about one thing ... Joe Pilchesky is not a lawyer ... he's just a guy playing a lawyer on the internet. Please don't trust your legal needs to this man.