luvr381 He has been😝

Thank god

luvr381 Iceland is also 99.9% white homogeneous with a shared culture

+FiFi roth and?

AND? if you don't understand that point then you are probably part of the problem. I bet i know who you voted for.

Amen! Term limits for ALL politicians!!!

Agree

And don't forget the judges for life.

You can't get more local than mayor, term limits for federal politicians sure, but mayors and city council members...

_no more than 8 years for ALL politicians_ We have that in California, and it doesn't work. All they do is run, and win, similar offices, or the same office in a different community. And if they can't get an elected office, one of their cronies appoints him to some non-elected office where they still have some power.

@@TugIronChief unfortunately they just might drag the rest of us down with them. We can't let that happen.

@@TugIronChief I was wondering if someone would light that up 😂

@MomofOne because Harrisburg has some of best jobs in PA and is desirable.

Politicians make promises with your credit cards and people fall for it again and again - the corruption associated with these issues is never addressed and no-one is held accountable in the end.

People loved Reed because he cleaned up the city and got a lot done. He did get in trouble for the scandals at the end of his career. We have since fixed the budget.

Damn sorry for you loss

Baltimore where I grew up, is the same.

OMG

Nope. Things Reed actually did right were pursue slumlords, demolish condemned buildings, decrease crime, attract investment, turn downtown from boarded up shops into center of culture and nightlife, etc. Incidents of assault, armed robbery, etc. Only saw A MASSIVE spike after his predecessor condemned all these policies as racist, tied police hands, reduced patrols, promoted anti-business policies, etc She literally said that dozing burned out row houses was "gentrification" and "whitewashing" She was so disagreeable that she had 100% staff turnover and went through at least 5 press secretaries in her single term. All resigned over being unable to work with her or defend the outrageous public statements of her and her handpicked staff of unqualified family and friends. When she vacated the Capitol building, a team of exterminators was needed to remove rats, roaches, fleas, and lice that had infested the offices of her staff, offices that had rotting food in desk drawers, refuse piled in corners, etc. This was the condition of public spaces in PA's capitol building through her entire term.

Liz- Nearly every town in America has changed radically since the 50s & 60s...as has the entire world...much of it not for the better. The USA hit a peak of prosperity, growth, and optimism at that time that I doubt will be repeated. It was indeed a special time.

In Texas you get a statement about where your local taxes are going. So if you see that they are spending money on the school, you will see construction on the school. Texas is the best state in the U.S..

Reed was a Republican. I'm from Harrisburg and I saw first hand how he destroyed the city

@@shizz3086 He is a Democrat you worthless liar.

Sean Epps He was a Democrat.

Brian R4520 we need that in California I think...I’d be curious to see just how bad our mismanagement is. I’ve lived in California my entire life, born and raised, and I’m sad to see what it’s become...I love this state, but I’m considering moving to another state

The real issue is far less people vote at the state/local levels. So, it's on those who complain, while sitting them out! Lol. Ironically local/state policies hit us hardest. Maybe they should auto-register anyone obtaining official ID (which should be shown when voting)! I mean, we provide them for far less important things. Need an ID to buy a beer but not to vote, go figure? So sad...

Because of secret voting, we don’t punish people for voting the wrong way so voters have no incentive to vote carefully. I can vote for Bart Simpson regardless of consequences and no one can stop me.

It's still your choice who to vote for. @@SwordsmanRyan

Well if he promised to put them on the map and bring in money and jobs... People want to believe promises, look at where the whole could is , because of that. It taking advantage of desperate people who need something one way or another.

I don't think the voters are more to blame but definitely share a good portion of the blame like 49 to 51

They're spending money they don't have on things we don't need or want!

@Brad Smith The top 50% of income earners pay nearly all the income taxes collected.

8 years later - worse than ever.

They keep voting for dems and its the same..

@@GhostofTradition But maybe this new Democrat will be better!

I live here. Its a shithole.

@@hbeefk11379 the suburbs of Harrisburg are very nice and more expensive

yeah same it's pretty depressing

I've been wondering why it's so cheap in PA. I'm planning on leaving NYC and I've been checking the rent in different states and cities and PA is cheaper than the south. Crazy, didnt realize it was bad like that.

It can't be worse then Jeanette

@Tom P I hear you Tom thanks for the good wishes

@King Jiggah yeah a few of my friends from NYC moved up there and they say they like it because of the cost of living.

I think some humanities professors at my old college thought that since the people in the suburbs and the counties should still be taxed because they abandoned the city and exist partly because of the city and should therefore be grateful and contribute their "fair share."

@@Emily-cj9nc Sounds like my sociology professor. He thought it was going to be A OK if we forced companies by law to keep jobs in the states. Watch the entire company move overseas then. There goes your tax base.

Usually the money owed is not to private investors, but to pension funds, contractors and other governments. The big fish usually got out in time, and it will be the little people who get hurt.

Agreed. You're now wise to the concept of all profits are private, all losses are public . And mayor Reed's unsupervised, uncontrolled and unrealistic spending drove the City down on greased skids . Then, he got " in bed " with unscrupulous developers and further sank the financial ship. Criminal ?!

Haha isn't it funny how the bankers lend money to a city and that city can't pay it back they want taxpayers to pay it back. They also want bail outs when they screw up but never give money to taxpayers when they make it.

@whatajoke333 Not a peep? What rock are you living under? There's still constant attempt to repeal Obamacare. That's why Dems were fighting so hard for the USSC nomination of ACB. They think this is how they are going to repeat Obamacare since they can't do it through Congress as democrats have a majority in House. With Congress not possible, plan B would be SC.

@Joe Sinkovic my bad. It's a typo. Fixed it. And no, there's a normal way to fix healthcare and coverage. Stop fucking with it. Stop restricting the number of doctors allowed in a year, or restricting the practise of private healthcare providers, or forcing every upcoming hospital to need approval from an existing hospitals board. Government has basically made it a mafia where you need permission from the crime families before you can even open a restaurant. Leave healthcare alone. At best, you can follow Finland's model where government provides public hospitals for low price but also relatively low quality. That way the burden on public healthcare will be reduced because anyone who can afford private will do so, and private businesses will have to compete with each other.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Harrisburg is a one party city. Hmmmmmm, what party could that be?

@@eode6s -- Not quite true. For the 1st time in American history the voters took a chance and put someone in the white house who had never served in office or the military. And by the way the swamp is reacting, I'd say he is delivering on promises like neither party has in 200 years.

It’s only going to get worse now with idiots voting for people like socialism and AOC

He should be in prison but we wont protest about that...the rest of America will follow the same faith.

There is never anyone that is part of the establishment ever held accountable, but if you're a poor person you will be put away for the slightest infraction. There are two separate law systems in this country, one for the haves and another for the have nots. I'm sure you already know this but I have to say it. Sorry for rambling on. You should check out The Young Turks, they really do cover so many stories you will never hear on mainstream media.

Heck as P. DJT is proving, if you are a rich person and defeat the swamp monster you will be investigated to the point of exhaustion whether or not there was ever an originating crime, and the investigators put people in the klink for lying to them when they fail to have absolutely perfect recall when a question is asked twenty different ways.

In Harrisburg, it doesnt stop at city hall.

People still support TYT even though they have been caught lying through their teeth several times?

Andrew Davenport He actually was charged with almost 500 crimes after leaving office, pleading guilty to 20 and getting probation [Wikipedia], which is an insult to the taxpayers who have to pay for his mess.

Thank you......

Mary A haha most "rust belt" cities are coming back strong while decline is happening in Orlando /Jacksonville/Atlanta.

Mary A You are correct! I live in Saltillo, Mexico, the socalled Detroit of Mexico about 250 mies SSW of Laredo, Texas. Late at night miles long trains pull into the city loaded with parts for US brand cars and pickups. Once assembled, they are shipped back to the USA: Production ine workers down here make ab0ut $15 to $17 dollar equivalent PER DAY! They earn more by working long hours. Mexicans work the greatest number of hours of any nation including Korea and Japan. Google the topic! Its the Republican oligarcs and corporate Democrats who decided that US jobs would be outsourced to Mexico. And, when was the last time you saw car and pickup prices go down? IF you voted for either the Clintons OR D. Trump, you voted against your own interests. LOL!

You mean automation and domestic competition right? Scapegoating globalism, despite the fact that it had resulted in a net gain of jobs, ignores the real loses due to automation in the manufacturing industry and domestic competition from states without union protection (i.e the sunbelt).

Why would you have a "Wild West Museum" in the EASTERN city of Harrisburg? I think Mayor Reid likes cowboys. I think he likes them A LOT.

@robert howard haha yeah

Yeah shit makes no sense. And spending 3.7 million for an incomplete building ? Wtf are we doing ?

@@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope If he wants to build something properly, he needs to swallow his principles like any business owner, and pay for the best combination of cheap and strong prefabricated units from the most competitive company, whether that company be based in the U.S. or (more likely) China. Making sure everything is competitively priced in every aspect is something that politicians willfully misunderstand.

@@evannibbe9375 💯

Fabio Krauss Stabel Total madness indeed. This kind of mindset is more dangerous than soldiers at the step of your door. 😅

especially seeing as 90 percent of politicians have no business experience

ummm I'm not even sure what point ur trying to make. the mayor was actually trying to do what he thought was good for the city not special interest groups the problem was he was a moron like pretty much all politicians that have no concept of checks and balances and 9 out of 10 have never even stepped foot in the business world and have no clue. if special interests groups were involved the mayor would have become extremely rich in the process

nice guy, don't get me wrong I'm not trying to start an argument I just really didn't understand how ur point pertained to this incident

J Jk he was mayor for 30 damn years. He isn't the nightmare this video made him out to be and did an awful lot of good.

And big bonus

Ron, you are so simple. They leave because they have exploited the resources, destroyed the ecology, or found cheaper labor elsewhere. To your other point. NASA, Hoover Dam, All the friggin highways that go north and south, just to name a few. Shame you aren't able to think for yourself. Step away from Fox News once in a while. Oh, yeah, and by the way when has Donald J. Trump entered into any business that didn't include graft, fraud, lies, and deceit let alone a successful one.

@@walt4908 Your examples are not businesses. They are government projects which were accomplished by private industry. Learn what you are talking about before you call people names.

@@ronobrien7187 Notice you didn't respond to the other topics. OK the Post Office (ran great till the Republicans made them and only them pay forward the pensions for any possible employees hired over the next 75 years.), Amtrac ( this is a "common good" it isn't supposed to absolutely make money it is to help), NASA still applies to see my Honeywell analogy below... How about Welfare. They are able to accurately send out millions and millions of checks each month to Americans in need. VA, IRS If given the opportunity to function properly and not be gutted or have Republican Congressmen and Senators make it impossible to do their jobs and then those same Republicans point their fingers touching things and say "see they are failing" Should I keep going? The Military you want to tell them they are failures and can't do the job right? The government hired private industry to do the work so if Honeywell hires outside consultants to do some work for them and Honeywell brings the product online are they not the creators of the product. Is not the government's use of private industry to do the actual activity the same thing. So I reiterate you are simple. You are trying to start an argument that has been disproved and only stupid people continue to bring it up. Ten minutes of research would have told you this. So, If you are still unable to see the similarity then you are that person I'm discussing.

@@walt4908 The post office is quasi governmental. Amtrac the same. Welfare is the administration of others peoples money. The military does not generate revenue, which is what a business does. Business trades in goods and services for a bilaterally negotiated outcome. You can't differentiate between a government contract to meet the obligations of the government duties and free enterprise. Free enterprise can can decide to be in the business or not , and where to practice that business or not. Government can't decide one day not be in the military, or to deliver the mail, or to hand out other peoples money to welfare recipients. In the case of the post office and your observation, they were doing great until had actually meet their obligations. How is it that USPS is in financial straits while private delivery services are making their employees rich. You may allude to my intelligence, but you are a true moron.

Ya, know I take it all back Yes Having a businessman in office has been such a great success. 250 thousand dead, the economy in shambles. I'm sure I don't need to explain how a drop in the GDP of 34 percent is more than a rise of 34 percent. Still down, running a negative percent for the total year. So much for the 4 - 6 percent Trump promised. Couldn't even beat Obama's numbers even with the tax break Trump got through Congress. Still down 12 million jobs. Higher loss of balance of payments than ever before in history. An additional 6 Trillion in debt and over one Trillion in deficits each year. Remember that tax break? You and I will have to pay it back ours and for the rich who got 82 percent of the actual benefits. Remember, ours were temporary businesses got a free ride don't have to pay back their windfall! Most of it spent on share buybacks that only helped Trump's rich friends. Can you say Socialism of the rich? The loss of our agricultural prowess and have had to give the farmers billions and billions of money to keep them alive. Lost all that business to Brazil and Israel. Great job with the Post Office. Trump's right-hand man promised there would be no problems as he removes essential equipment and has slowed down the process with impediments to its proper flow of the mail. Tell me what Trump hasn't fucked up and I tell you just wait. He will get there. Just idiots like you who want to give him four more years and if he does win he will destroy everything we Americans hold dear. Good job!

Lol unfortunately I live in this Harrisburg

Yep, I freaked out as well. Lol. I also live in Harrisburg...... North Carolina

@@novumdomine9925 oh yeah? Do you post youtube content too?

Just like the feds they own so much private property, All the property own by the government should be public with the exception of the white house

*there.

LancGuy13 All of taxpayers Money..(smh) I did my Prison time and they Must do thiers: Career-Politicians!!!!

Mayor Quimby: We will now hear suggestions for the disbursement of the uhh two million dollars. Lisa: Don't you mean three million dollars? Mayor Quimby: (looks around nervously, adjusts his tie) Of course. How silly of me.

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Good point.heck sell that museum and fix the city.suprised the bank didn't take.kind of fishey.

@@chriscorbin1055 becasue these items are essentailay worthless, they have SENTIMENTAL value;0

Dan & Jen Nevada Spot on ✌️

Typical liberal.

Actually, they negate to tell you that reed was mayor since 1982 and was beloved for revitalizing Harrisburg and wasn't re-elected because everyone assumed he was just going to get elected again so no one voted. Linda Thompson replaced him and had scandal after scandal and only served one term. Papenfuse replaced her and isn't as popular as reed but is pretty uneventful. Either way, a 30 year long record as mayor is a pretty damn good record and there is no telling if he continued to be mayor if it would have still had budgetary problems and reed still continues to be popular for all the major projects he did do.

They need to bring in jobs not Disney Land.

james anderson a lot of the jobs that left was because we exported a lot of the steel manufacturing to China which the neighboring city did most of the production. Harrisburg otherwise isn't really growing or shrinking. Just stagnant but thats fine. When there is a huge boom in the country. We tend to be ok. When there is a huge crisis in the country. Harrisburg remains the same. Even with the huge debt and almost bankruptcy. If you lived here you didn't experience or feel it. They just restructured and things went on as usual.

It isn't elect, its select. Dems sold us out and so did Republicans. Two sides of same coin. And as we complain nothing changes. This 8s the common denominator. Govern means control and mento means mind. It's in our face and we point our fingers at each other.

That is the story on half of all Public Servants. They can't suceed at the job, so instead take money for themselves! Howard Johnson

And they reep what you sew.

Stop saying "stupid people" kept him in office. Say it like it is: bl@cks kept him in office; the most destructive race.

@@SergeantExtreme say that shit at your work see how fast you get fired

Yes. And practiced formal racial segregation and spontaneous lynching. Put down the alcohol and blinders.

City of Anger. .1950s Baltimore .William Manchester's Book..

The generation your holding up high gave up everything for themselves an literally killed the future for their descendants. With their terrible voting. Awful just awful. The most bored generation went to eat en mass an left the future to communism. Loved globalism. Allowed the destruction of western industrialization.

Your right people are all for self an to make money is everything even if it destroys the infrastructure

Most cities are built on coke or heroin

Joshua Ransome ballmesumore or Baltimore is bad or good too

All state capitals are hellish shitholes because it's where the devil resides and does his business.

NYC is the best the USA has and will ever have.

NYC is lucky to be #1 tourist attraction - helps alot to keep it going.

Guy Azbell Baltimore is pretty bad

Baltimore is another example.

St. Louis

As another resident, I can confirm your confirmation

As a third yes

Refresh my memory how much have the Republicans and Trump approved recently? I think it had a T in it ....

Can’t even finish your sentence? No wonder Harrisburg is in the dumps.

@@ppazpppaz8618 well I'll refresh your memory. The house holds the purse. Soooo wouldn't that be the democrats ? yup Nancy Pelosi likes to add a bunch of no nonsense to those. Like the 40 million to the performing arts at the first plandemic relief package then after they got it they laid everyone off. Yes she Nancy did that who is she a Democrat. Do you have anything else besides trump's fault.

Because black students

Glad to hear that. Hang the mayor in town square

@@rubbertwain noone will admit it

Berrot McMusing im part black but sadly this is true to some point,these black parents aren’t raising their kids,no father figures,they never want to work in school,all they care about is either fights,rappers , or some fucking basketball players

haha

Dam right taxes are outrageous an you have to pay its a crime my grandfather pays 3000 dollars a year in property tax alone appauling

The mainstream media didn’t even talk about the Obama failures-they hid it. I was just informing my Family about some of the terrible things that was done under Obama Administration. e.g drone strikes that killed innocent people in the Middle East he assisted in destruction caused by the Syrian war give Wall Street business so much benefits etc.and they were shocked.

charismatic is a polite way to say psychopathic.

According to Wikipedia, Reed was mayor of Harrisburg for 28 years! LOL So, you cannot blame him. You have to blame the democrats who voted for him for *28 FUCKING YEARS*

And with the roadwork performed by DEMONcrats.

Im starting a paving company called GOOD INTENTIONS PAVING

At least it's paved...

The Demagogue Party and their libturd pals stuffed their pockets with money giving out the contracts for all these worthless projects & that sh*thead mayor (28 f’kn years !) has the cash he stole from the taxpayers & where the he’ll is he now ? Prosecuted and convicted , I don’t think so . You appoint a lot of judges in 28 years .... THAT’S your democrat party for you ! “Tax and spend “ and steal as much money as you can. Disgusting basta*ds !

You're an example of a Trumptard.

That’s why Biden won pussy

We have, but the Media & China want to bum rush Biden, yet they're still counting our votes.

@@khalebjoseph871 yea keep celebrating higher taxes and lockdowns. You people have let your emotions get in the way. What matters is a politicians policies

Would vote Republican if anyone but Trump was running..

Yep, the US version, where it's in Scranton. What a surprise.

Hah. You knew

28 years

I mean honestly it is kind of irrelevant what party they are from. Its not really a political video. Though anyone with common sense can go look up the mayors party affiliation. There are Republican run cities getting fucked too but So much fewer then the (D) Run states.

@@ShiftingSkys I think the problem with that is because there's just more democratic run cities. For example in the top 10 most populated cities only 2 are run by Republicans .

That sounds good, but there are some flaws. 1) where's the money coming from for education and civil services? 2) if the goal isn't met, how are you going to hold the business accountable? File a lawsuit? How will you prove it? 3) companies are mainly interested in money, or the services that facilitate productivity (and making money). Something like NYC can do both, hence Amazon's HQ. How will that happen for a small town like Harrisburg? Small population, out in the sticks, relatively speaking. If it was closer to Philadelphia, maybe.

All the debt was fueled by Bush, Obama, Greenspan, & Bernanke. Artificially holding interest rates low or @ 0% for 2 decades.

+anchancery10 And all the problems in general go back to Reagan.

Although I was born and raised in Carlisle I'm now a resident of Chambersburg. Both the borough and county are quite solvent and haven't raised taxes in the last several years. Plus both councils are very concerned about their constitutes.

Not to mention the museums in Harrisburg aren't much worth visiting. If people are interested in stuff like Civil War history, then they'd just go and visit nearby Gettysburg. Yet, Harrisburg still spent an unnecessary amount of money on a silly National Civil War Museum.

Kind of silly. I don’t know many people in general who willingly vacation in cold damp cities. Regardless of economic status of that city

california's super majority democrats keep increasing our taxes to pay for those who will not work until we all leave because we cannot afford to stay to support the 90% who refuse to work. 90% is an exaggeration, it just seems that way.

I try to tell the rich haters that they really need these guys fat and happy and more of them. If they are fat and happy they usually dont care where their money goes. besides you cant get money out of poor people. If you want big gov and freebies you need a lot of rich people.

Yeah, how dare you have to support the rest of society!

Sounds like Venezuela ...

The problem is they cant count on tourism because the infrastructure is crumbling and the crime is too bad so people avoid the city.

There are only a handful of cities that can live on tourism. Washington DC does because it's the nation's capital. Las Vegas due to gambling, Orlando due to Disney, New Orleans due to Mardi Gras (and even NOLA isn't doing that well).

Hey AD. Eyd luv t fuk u up. Pc a shit.

ummm..lets see...hmmm..oh! blacks?

Tommy Boy71 all run by Democrats for decades in a row

Tommy Boy71 hmmm. Let's see. The top three common denominators would be typical demorat politicians, blacks on the government tit and ignorant white voters that will listen to any politician with a D next to their name on the ballot.

The Democrats have always been the oppressors of the blacks...why do you think Bill and Hillary are well known for their racial slurs? But just give them free phones and food and they line right up don't they....it's one thing to be free but you gotta leave the plantation to do that!!!

That would be the best thing they could do. Go bankrupt another country beside the U.S. but than again our federal politicians are doing that on their own. 20 trillion and little to show.

Or the DNC.

Pubic Harrisburg, Pencil-fuckia. (Assho)nest Abe. Building white bestiality-raped elephants. How droll. Yes, this should happen to all of America. James Grider in my novel Impact which people should buy on Amazon so I can afford a used car wants that because then he'll have more freedom. The government is so corrupt that the only way for it to do and make it stop enforcing draconian regulations is to make it broke as fuck so it doesn't have the money to do it. And Harrisburg is full of black people from Colin Flaherty's KZfaq channel, that's why it's full of crime and kids can't read.

Lol!

You could read objective accounts of the crisis in Venezuela -- yes, corruption exists & Venezuela unwisely had not developed much industry beyond petroleum, but this crisis was created by international bankster credit squeezes, right-wing-orchestrated consumer goods shortages, Saudi-led depressed oil prices, CIA/US State Dept. skulduggery (planned assassination of Chavez, etc., etc.), retribution for nationalizing their oil fields...wake up Clem, the USA has been meddling in Latin American politics for centuries...or you can keep napping curled up in your Stars n' Stripes...dreaming of a capitalist system which actually _cares_ whether you live or die...the 1950s called, they want their red-baiting back...ah, corporate stooges, what _would_ we do without 'em?

people from " the community"

Good question, he did lots and lots of great things for years. Think about it, he was mayor for almost 30 years and this video could only dig up two pieces of dirt on him. The only reason he lost was because he didn't campaign and no one voted because everyone liked the majority of the things he did.

You know what the definition of insanity is?

Look up that mayor, he was charged with over 400 charges . A judge threw out 305 charges saying that they were too old to prosecute. all 305 are related to things he did as mayor. www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/07/former_harrisburg_mayor_stephe_6.html

Who kept reflecting him? The dumbfuckk DEMONcrat voters, that’s who. Republican voters with brains left the city, as did we in Yinzburgh and Philthydelphia.

Faith Janssen nice 👍

Faith Janssen TERM LIMITS!

your very wrong but I'm too tired to explain why

Faith Janssen AMEN!

There are certain 'industries' that shouldn't be run like businesses. Private sector medical corporations on average spend 80% on advertising and lobbying and less than 20% on actual research and development

+Ken MacDonald nope, never been anywhere near that state even, dont even know for sure which state it is. the only time that Pennsylvania has ever come up in my life is when i noticed it was stamped on antique Coes wrenches. you seem to be more familiar with Pennsylvania, so imagine we are talking about Hokkaido and now the situation is most likely exactly reversed. and yes i've heard of 3 mile island, had no clue where it was though.

Ken MacDonald yeah people have heard of that bullshit even less.

Rinoa Super-Genius and how bad you failed at geography LMAO...Pa state capital, was once the capital of the US??? Another reason America is lost...stupidity!!!

No, it ONLY shows your ignorance. This happens when you play video games all day and haven't a notion of what a book is.

Kinda funny .. your comment shows how the ignorant seem to survive despite themselves

A sign of things to come

Yes it is depressing. I used to live there back in the late 90's / early 2000's during the last few years of the IT boom. It was the most prosperous period of my life. Sad to see how far it has deteriorated under Democratic rule. It was referenced on an episode of 21 Jump Street by the fictional Judy Hoffs, as she is tracking down a non-custodial divorced father who was illegally raising his son.

Very generous to the government employees....

Instructional story. Vote your conservative values.

it is yet another example as to why democracy is a terrible system that has fallen far from what our republic used to be. All of the morons who take more than they give have a say on how this country is run, and since of course they're now starting to become the majority, it is really not much of a shock to see how things have gone. Of course things will only continue to get worse on the national level. If we're going to resume the privilege to vote, it should only be for people who pay more into the system than they take out.

I'd like to see ordinary businesses take 4 years to do their books. They'd be shut down by the state and fed before 4 years elapsed. But I guess gubbermint is special. Just like Venezuela is special...

Heck the infernal resource suckers would be there with their vampire minions in less than a year at best...

You can scrap the city be my guest it's a crack den

Mayor Reed was voted out back in 2009. Unfortunately his replacement was equally as inept and subsequently got creamed in her reelection bid in 2013. The current Mayor is Mayor Papenfuse. He was able to win reelection back in 2017. Not the best in my opinion, but he's working with what he's got.

@@ReinSouls thanks for the update

*its Learn English

Venezuela's fall is literally due to market economies and foreign sanctions. Please, read the history of Venezuela and the rest of South America so you can see what exactly we've been doing to them.

California isn't doing any of that BS. They don't have to because people actually want to visit California

You are an idiot. Nice try.

@Truth Seeker that's not proof that the state is going down the same road as Venezuela

No n9t at all no-one votes for these crooks to waste money. They tell us what's going on what they want. But when the bargain for the deals they add shit and employ thier kids. Take bids for projects then the project takes millions more than agreed to. Or the company syphons millions and no-one knows where it went. They go to jail for 6 months and never return the millions. Most private companies are set up by politicans families. Your blaming people for voting when it's the politicans that are crooked

Democrats are insane. They are making the dollar bill worthless an they have no common sense we are doomed as long as democrats are running america

And the last administration added to it. Both sides of the aisle are self serving and corrupt. Too often one side blames the other when they’re both to blame.

Unfortunately the poor quality of the education in schools means that the majority of the population doesn't understand money. Politicians love this, because it means that it's very easy to buy votes by promising to give money away to all sorts of pet projects without the people realizing that it's their money that's being given away. This is why good financial education in school never really makes it into the curriculum, it would be devastating for most politicians if voters understood economics.

Looks like a few people in these comments failed their Government 101 class. It's Congress that makes and sets the federal budget and, if I recall, Republicans were the majority in the Congress during Obama's terms.

That town out by Ackerly and Lamesa? LOL there's nothing there. You should see Levelland.

before political correctness, we use to refer to these areas as "Niggertown."

Do not blame civil servants pensions on the drain of "systems". As well as on any company-those employees contribute substantial investments to their retirement that are mis- managed by the CO's and Poltical leaders the same as profits and tax dollars.

*sigh* After WWII, the tax base moved out into the suburbs. Those who couldn't afford a car and house stayed in the cities. Also, a lot of companies picked up and left because labor is way cheaper overseas. You want a manufacturing job that pays the same as one in Asia?

YOu are correct ...it ruined the NE. When I started High School, it was still possible ( although the loss of industry was well under way already) but it was still possible to actually get a good paying job and live well. By the time I exited High School ( mid 80's) it was all over...nothing...nada zilch...they ruined us...and Reagan was a big part of that too....

Well yeah there's that too..but it would be better if they could read wouldn't it?

Peter Ohman when general electric moved it collapsed MOST of the employment in the area. Start researching.. My h.o. scale trains were made in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.. I still have the boxes to prove it... Someone started selling out their own country... Here we are now..FUCKED for LIFE... all hail the capatalist party...✋✋✋

Bobby Fhet which party would that be?

If you're using the term "neoliberalism" with a straight face, you've been getting your information from uninformed sources.

he promised gibs and dey kept voting for whoever gibs me da most free stuff

He lives in a majority black city, and he is a democrat, so he gets automatically reelected every time he is up. He often runs unopposed, actually.

By buying votes.

Jeremiah Wilson they are improving at least.

It's damned hard not to improve from third world conditions.... Detroit where the city bulldozes abandoned neighborhoods and calls it 'urban renewal!'

Reading PA reporting in. Scranton isn't doing well, but you're doing better than a lot of other cities in PA.....

Go to the Harrisburg wikipedia and smash that demographics link.

That's a reasonable assumption.

@@annemouse6788 It is nearly as black.

@@1978garfield damn bro

Blind Squid so strong that they need millions of dollars in govermemt loaned money to stay afloat!

Hilarious to assume that all red states are doing fantastic.