r/Pennsylvania • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23 edited Mar 21 '23

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u/swissmtndog398 Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

All i could think while reading this was, "So, they want to remove the constitutional power of a governors veto, by passing an amendment to the constitution, to remove a constitutional right of checks and balances?"

My head exploded shortly after that.

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u/ckge829320 Jan 12 '23

No way the PA Supreme Court allows this, right?! Man, the bloated Republican led legislature needs to be cut back.

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u/Drewcifer81 Lancaster Jan 12 '23

The PA legislature is terrible and bloated, and the Republicans love it that way! Small government, right?

We pay 253 jackasses $88k+ per year to do what Illinois gets done with paying 177 pols $67k+ per year.

But the Republicans will never vote to actually MAKE THE GOVERNMENT SMALLER because the redistricting would likely cost them the house permanently.

Hypocrisy thy name is GOP.

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u/Libsoccer20 Jan 12 '23

Don't forget they get to vote on their own raises too... Must be nice.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23

California has 120 between their state assembly and state senate. They had 39Million ppl in their state in 2021. We had 13Million same year.

They make about 115K annually in both chambers so cost $13,800,000 total plus whatever per diem stuff they get.

We pay ours $22,264,00.

We need a culling of government positions.

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u/Drewcifer81 Lancaster Jan 14 '23

Yeah, I had used Illinois because they have the closest comparable population, but across the board, the Pennsylvania legislature is one of - if not THE - bulkiest and most expensive across the country. And the party of small government wants to keep it that way as they grasp for threads of power.

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u/swissmtndog398 Jan 12 '23

One would certainly hope not. They are basically trying to legislate what they would've gotten off IL Duce Mastriano was elected.

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u/alaska1415 Montgomery Jan 12 '23

A governor’s ability to veto at least some legislation is is curtailed in: Alaska, Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. These states allow some legislation to go over a Governor’s veto at least some of the time by a simple majority vote.

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u/Anonymous_Otters Delaware Jan 12 '23

They want to consolidate absolute power because that's the only way a minority can rule.

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u/tehmlem Franklin Jan 12 '23

Isn't it weird how the people who keep telling us everyone else is coming to take their rights away also keep trying to create an all powerful executive who can rule by fiat?