PA Gov. trying to bust the unions - again

[keystonejenks]

Corbett has been trying to bust the state unions since being elected. He's tried to privatize the PA turnpike (he's still trying to but the unions are fighting him on it).

Now, his next great move is his big push to privatize the state lottery by selling it to a British company. This would not only hurt the state's revenue but it would eliminate more jobs.

Here is the story: www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20121224_Corbett_faces_challenges_on_plan_to_privatize_Pennsylvania_lottery.html?jCount=2&#comments

[baldrick]

How he thinks these are good ideas, I'll never understand...

[jeromeoneil]

Here's why.

Pennsylvania is one of those states where the sanity is concentrated heavily in urban areas. It is a state that voted for Obama by something like a six percent margin, and yet still managed to increase the number of GOP nutters it sent to the house.

Pennsyltucky is for the most part a right wing wasteland. So he thinks these are good ideas because they get him elected.

[baldrick]

I suppose... Of course, we all know that privatizing public services has never been a good idea for anyone but those who buy their way into owning them, though.