The Truth Behind Corbett's Claim of "Remarkable" Increases in Jobs in PA.

[JPZenger]

http://articles.philly.com/2013-07-11/news/40494242_1_state-gained-jobs-more-jobs-job-numbers

Corbett has created a re-election ad that brags about the "remarkable" increase in private sector jobs in PA.

He doesn't mention how his policies have resulted in the decrease of 41,000 jobs in PA. public schools, public universities and other public sector jobs.

Excerpts:

"When one looks at net jobs here since January 2011, the picture is less than "remarkable."

The current net jobs gain is not 116,000. It's 75,100. Among the 10 largest states, of which we're sixth, PA. gained the fewest jobs.

If you're thinking, well, those five larger states have more people so having more jobs makes sense, that's true. But data on the four states with less population (Ohio, Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina) show each gained double the number of jobs we did, or more. Smaller states. Double or more job gains.

New Jersey gained more as well; as did Maryland. So neighbors Ohio, New York, Maryland and Jersey all gained more jobs than us since Corbett took office."

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http://articles.philly.com/2013-07-09/news/40445957_1_gop-house-welfare-code-fiscal-code

Excerpts:

"You'll love this. The Republican-controlled Senate, by a 40-10 vote, sends the House a Welfare Code expanding Medicaid to provide health insurance for more than 500,000 Pennsylvanians who are now without it. The Republican-controlled House, before leaving for summer, strips that out of the code but sends back a Fiscal Code with language promoting "payday lending." Let's see: Help poor people get health coverage or help put poor people further in debt? So many choices.

You know about expanding Medicaid, right? The feds pay. People get help. Not exactly rocket science...

And you know about "payday lending," yes? Sky-high interest rates, as in triple-digits when annualized, for short-term loans for people with bad credit; loans called "predatory" for a reason. Pennsylvania caps rates, making sleazoid-lending less profitable; and in 2010 our Supreme Court extended the cap to online activity. One lender, Cash America Net, made $10 million a year through online payday lending here, the court said.

But language to revisit payday lending - promising a vote on the issue by the end of October - gets slipped into the Fiscal Code; on Page 55 of a 57-page bill. Really? When you have power to use the process to get stuff done, this is what you do? Of all the things the state needs? Predatory lending?"

[Ilsa]

1. Any numbers on salaries of those jobs? nt