just curious if theres any goat guys in the bucks county area. doesnt seem like there is really and every car club i see is a bull**** cars who are just an discrace to car
Our members are spread out all over the Susquehanna Valley Area. You may be a little far but you are welcome to come to one of our events. We are hosting an All Ponitac show in August. You can check it out in the Northeast section and on our site.
We get together often. If you are looking for a club to join check us out.
I was able to escape from Pennsylvania about 4 years ago. There is hope, so keep trying.
ROFLMAO
Just released: After 4 years since Gaming began and Fast Eddie has promised a reduction in School taxes from gaming revenue, it was in my local paper we are ready to receive 10% relief from the school taxes that went up 30% (for me)when Fast Eddie tried to enact act 72. Of course Fast Eddie's spokesperson is proud to released this information but I am still 20% in the hole since gaming revenue tax relief was proposed.
The turnpike is closer to being sold which will cut 2,200 jobs from the State. However the money from the sale will go to fixing our roads and bridges, HORRAYYYYYYY .... until Philadelphia has another major shortfall and Fast Eddie ear marks those funds for diversion as he as done in the past.
But alas, if the turnpike is sold, I-80 will not become a toll highway!!
No major highways were shut down due to snow and ice this past season!! Penn Dot has redeemed itself..... Wait, there was no snow this year.. YIKES, my bad.
PA is the only state in the N.E. not public smoke free in restaurants etc.. according to an article I have read in the Lancaster Newspaper. PA still doesn't know how to go about this even though the surrounding states do. We have the only bumbling fool as Governor.
I have a 200,000...... ah no wait a 175,0000....... ah better say 160.... 155,000 dollar house and my taxes are, this will shock you folks in the northeast, .......... 1650 per year. No Wing Nut that isn't per month.
We have a sales tax between 6 and 7 percent, varies by county, and there isn't any income tax. No county income tax, no local income tax and no state income tax.
Our roads are pretty close to perfect. We have decent schools. The job market is good because we are tax friendly to businesses too.
There is one downside, we still can't figure out how to run an election and the rest of the country hates us for that.
I have a 200,000...... ah no wait a 175,0000....... ah better say 160.... 155,000 dollar house and my taxes are, this will shock you folks in the northeast, .......... 1650 per year. No Wing Nut that isn't per month.
We have a sales tax between 6 and 7 percent, varies by county, and there isn't any income tax. No county income tax, no local income tax and no state income tax.
Our roads are pretty close to perfect. We have decent schools. The job market is good because we are tax friendly to businesses too.
There is one downside, we still can't figure out how to run an election and the rest of the country hates us for that.
Pennsylvania, Uncle Eddies tax farm.
OK, time to take off those ruby red grapefruit glasses you Rendell refugee .
Can you name this congressman from your newfound home state?
Hint.....where the boys are.
Quote:
From the St petersburg Times............
Schools
Schools still rank near the bottom
Despite six years of major changes, Florida's schools lag behind other states' in many areas - including spending.
By RON MATUS
Published March 6, 2005
On teacher pay, we trail Georgia.
On graduation rates, Alabama is better.
On eighth-grade reading scores, South Carolina just moved ahead.
Despite six years of major changes by Gov. Jeb Bush and a Republican-dominated Legislature, Florida still ranks with its Southern neighbors near the bottom of the education rankings.
Five of the 10 states with the highest fourth-grade reading scores also rank in the Top 10 in per-pupil spending: New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware and Maine. All but two are in the top 25 for spending, with the exceptions being New Hampshire (No. 29) and Colorado (No. 40). None are in the South.
I'm afraid your orange groves are no cleaner than our northern city streets.
And, as for that $1,650 annual tax bill.....say your mil rate is indeed based on a $200K valuation. Multiply by 5 and you'd have about the average home value in Fairfield County CT at $1,000,000. Your Florida taxes would be $8,250 @ 5X. Thats roughly half what you could expect here. There's a lot of variation from town to town though. So, you are paying significantly less to live with gators and skeeters.
I'll wager a state populated by steady stream of blue haired retirees from the northland has vetoed every tax increase in the sunshine state since 1960. An aged population living on fixed income couldn't give a crap about schools or people with kids. They just want to hang onto their social security check. And jobs? Tourist heaven? Florida is heavily skewed towards a service economy and the concurrent low wage jobs those businesses generate. Hence the low tax revenue. C'mon, you're usually a little more balanced than this.
OK, time to take off those ruby red grapefruit glasses you Rendell refugee .
Can you name this congressman from your newfound home state?
Hint.....where the boys are.
I'm afraid your orange groves are no cleaner than our northern city streets.
And as for that $1,650 annual tax bill.....
I'll wager a state populated by steady stream of blue haired retirees from the northland has vetoed every tax increase in the sunshine state since 1960. An aged population living on fixed income couldn't give a crap about schools or people with kids. They just want to hang onto their social security check. And jobs? Tourist heaven? Florida is heavily skewed towards a service economy and the concurrent low wage jobs those businesses generate. Hence the low tax revenue. C'mon, you're usually a little more balanced than this.
Your right, We get garbage from our government down here too, but you miss the point, we pay 25% what you pay to get the exact same crap.
Your right, We get garbage from our government down here too, but you miss the point, we pay 25% what you pay to get the exact same crap.
Uh, not quite the exact same crap. You seem to have missed the St Petersburg Times atricle on Florida schools. People with kids would likely not make Florida their first choice if they had other options unless education wasn't important to them. Hence all the trailer parks.
Per capita income by state, 2005 data was the best I could find so quickly.
PA 34,897
FL 33,219
CT 47,819
Cost of living if you live in a state and make 3 times the poverty level how much do you need to make?
PA 76,807
FL 75,738
CT 92,433
So you make more in CT but you have to to break even.
Unemployment rate by state this one is a suprise:
PA 4.8%
FL 4.6%
CT 4.8%
Didn't realize it was that close. Florida is 29th in the country and Pennsylvania and Connecticut are tied at 30th. Michigan is 51 at 7.1, DC is included that's why there is 51.
State income tax
PA 3.07%
FL 0%
CT 3% up to 16,000 then 5% after that
Local income Tax
PA most places are 1% in the city of Pittsburgh it goes as high as 3%
FL 0%
CT I couldn't come up with it, but you'll be able to help me
AS far as property taxes, I have a 155,000 house here and pay 1650 per year, a friend in Pittsburgh has a similar sized house that is a 125,000 house there, he is paying just over 4000 per year in Allegheny county. It's about 1300 sf.
Gas tax
PA 26.7 per gallon
FL 29.6 per gallon
CT 29.7 per gallon
Road condition ranked by
PA worst 2 yr in a row and 5 in a decade
FL 2nd best roads in the US
CT buried in the middle somewhere where they don't talk about it
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