It's Just The Way It Is.

Why do we have so many problems in America? Some say it's Progressives, some say it's Conservatives and others say it's people. That's the problem with America. It's peopled with people. And the people of America don't seem to be able to agree on anything much at all. Take for example Pennsylvania. It's peopled by two distinct types of people; citizens and politicians. You say that's similar to most every other state. That's why I picked it. Well that and the fact that I live in Penn's Woods. But here in this state, we have more elected legislators per capita than almost any other state, and the legislators make more per legislator than almost any other state when you factor in per Diem, and the slush fund and the car allowance and, what's that, you don't know what the slush fund is for? Why it's for buying meals and the like, but not alchoholic drinks. What's that, you wonder what the per Diem is for? That's to pay the rent on apartments in Harrisburg and meals. What's that you say, you don't understand why the slush fund and the per Diem both pay for meals? Take a close look at these legislators. No, that's not fair. I don't think they're any fatter than anybody else, even food stamp recipients. But I  will say that the state has a budget deficit they're trying to close, which is why, they claim, they're checking up on food stamp recipients for fraud. Speaking of fraud, the state legislature boasts a long list of legislators who have been found guilty of various forms of fraud. In fact they have far more culprits of fraud, per member, than the state has food stamp fraud cases, per recipient. In other words, the Pennsylvania State Legislature is a hotbed of crime and fraud, far more so than the food stamp program. What's that you say? You think that's very similar to most other states? Well if that's true, why don't they stop persecuting the poor and start doing a lot more investigating of the lawmakers? I guess it's because the lawmakers make the laws and the poor get the short end of the stick.