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   From: ArtClemons@aolSPAM.com   
      
   I'm puzzled about why some folks are over-reacting to how state legislators   
   get the equivalent of a raise and will get a lawful raise after the next   
   election that affects said legislator.  There seem to be much better issues   
   to be upset over, like for example, how lobbyists have so much sway in   
   Harrisburg, or why schools are underfunded despite a provision in the   
   Commonwealth Constitution holding that the legislature is to adequately   
   fund public education, or why laws banning things or increasing penalties   
   seem to be the focus of how things work.  For that matter, I wonder if most   
   voters even realize how beholden state legislators are to those who provide   
   funding to run for office and how little voters matter if they vote for the   
   best funded candidates.   
      
   I'm sorry but it's past time people began to think, the amount of money   
   going to pay raises is trivial to the money being lost in tax revenue   
   because legislators heed the word of lobbyists, or lose new jobs because   
   education is so awful in its two biggest economic engines, Pittsburgh and   
   Philadelphia.   
      
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