Yes and no, in practice his work was the first big way to "fix" capitalism. Quite a few of his ideas are interesting, but they have gotten picked up by a number of capitalists as a reason to cut income taxes, and an attempt to undercut the appeal of socialism. Like in the OP the article has the guy basically just advocating general tax cuts(which isn't Erie's problem, I live here and wages are awful). There are both Left and Right strains of Georgism.

Him and Marx were actually contemporaries for a bit: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1881/letters/81_06_20.htm

Don't! Most people haven't, he was influential but there aren't many strict devotees of his work so it's not as well known.

Fun Fact: The only large place where traditional Georgist concepts have been implemented in a major way is Taiwan, as Sun-Yat Sen(Nationalist leader and the founding father of modern China to both the PRC and Taiwan) was a convert to Georgist economics.

An obscure but quite influential school of economic thought stemming from Henry George, a major American economist from the late 19th century. Essentially, he advocated a tax on land value instead of income or property and was a heavy advocate of free trade.

I was about to ask, is this person a Georgist lol?

Trying to poison pill the child abuse amendment with a bunch of other restrictive amendments is such manipulative horseshit.

Same thing here but for South Central PA, PA has so many fun regional quirks

Like the scenery in I-80, for more of a scenic drive, Lincoln Highway has a lot of fun old school businesses and towns, while Rt. 6 is more of a nature-y drive

I'll never forget when the high school had to get shut down for an hour because deer literally charged through the window. Gotta love central PA.

https://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/local/article_3b2b8e81-4f6a-50c6-bcfc-5abb2c6b3116.html

Oh christ that's where I grew up

Weekday would probably be best, as far as I know PA has specific driver's license centers, don't go to a general PennDOT office. They asked me for at least two pieces of mail with my PA address and legal name.

1. You took away reproductive rights

2. The state GOP has blocked literally everything that would help people at the state government level, today we have a low minimum wage than WV

3. Your candidates were just bad, Mastriano never tried to convince anyone and Oz was a NJ tv carbetbagger, by contrast Shapiro was broadly appealing and Fetterman overcame his stroke with a very impressive strategy(and he was well-liked in PA before the election)

If they genuinely need some fancy beltway consulting firm to tell them the obvious then they have completely lost

yknow, growing up in the woods I could always differentiate a 'backwoods/redneck' accent from a southern accent, didnt think until now that someone not from the region wouldn't hear that difference. i mean the southerners would call me a yankee because how much I bite into hard 'A' sounds (appa-lay-cha, crayfish, etc)

Gonna respond to this one because I see this repeated a lot, but that is not in fact reality.

Philly: 1.576 million

Bucks: 646k

Montco: 860k

Delco: 576k

Chester: 534k

Allegheny(Pittsburgh): 1.250 million

Total: 5.442 million / 13 million total state population = less than half

(even if you threw in the Lehigh Valley with 700k people it'd still be less than half)

I don't even care that people assume PA is like SEPA btw, I like Philly, it is still the most populated region of the state and has by far our largest city as well as largest media presence and economy. The rest of the state isn't just unpopulated tho, and that's a claim I see repeated quite often. The other subregions aren't especially similar to one another either, even the ARC parts, which is one place I will disagree with the OP.

This is interesting to me since I grew up south of you in western Adams county, in the South Mountain area, which is the northern tip of the Blue Ridge Mountains in MD and a bit of PA. The Appalachian connection was definitely there, we listened to bluegrass, lot of Western PA cultural influence, everyone had a small plot farm on the side, and a lot of people had family in the other parts of Appalachia. The Trail was only 20 minutes away. But we were also in Dutch Country, there weren't buggies around us or the big rolling farms because of how hilly and forested it was, but there were quite a few Mennonites and we had much of the same food you could find throughout South Central PA.

In short, we considered the area Appalachian, but not as Appalachian as WV, KY, or SWPA. We were kinda like the Appalachian foothills, with Mid-Atlantic, PA Dutch, and Appalachian culture, a unique mix to our little corner in South Mountain and the Cumberland Valley. Some joke about the East-West divide but I've lived in like 4 different parts of the state and each subregion has it's own unique thing. Western PA has far more Midwest influence that you get in Central PA in my experience. Love the geography of this state.

Huh, weird. "America's oldest popular music sound" originated in the 40s, and is largely a postwar style, newer than jazz and country, certainly not heard on Jefferson's plantation(not that it would be a selling point anyway)

PA is very regionalized so all of that varies, in terms of dilapidated buildings that depends on where, in my experience living in Central and NWPA there are some, but that's not necessarily a sign of rot, just like a lot of Rust Belt + Appalachian areas it has seen population decline over the last few decades. Great if you love nature and history. I wouldn't describe it as a bad place to live, but I honestly don't think you'll learn much from some random YT video. A lot of the cities(and even some rural areas) have quite a bit of diversity, most people in Erie are proud of our city hosting a large population of Middle Eastern refugees.

The view of the Susquehanna river is gorgeous in Lancaster County, if she's never tried birch beer you can find it everywhere

I don't doubt House Democrats will vote for her, but with the chamber being 101-101, with him being the tiebreaking vote(and speaker), he decides who will be in the majority. Dems have indicated he will support their majority even if he doesn't caucus with them, but he hasn't really said anything publicly on the matter himself.

Oh I'd agree and I mean I doubt the Dems would have voted for him unanimously if he supported the Republican amendments, but better to keep some pressure up now

Would you be willing to contact him and ask him to let McClinton stay on as majority leader and kill the anti-reproductive rights constitutional amendment the Republicans were trying to force through? I'm going to email him too but it might be more impactful coming from someone in his district.

Good point, we have Rt 15, but still no interstate or anything. I wonder how many of those restaurants in Bedford County are just Breezewood

Was surprised you all have more than Adams County considering all the tourism we have. Although I have always had a soft spot for Waynesburger

Same segment as the most active base of Trump far-right in the US

I don't know about the Marylanders shifting things, that might be part of it, but other parts like York County and Franklin which get a lot of Marylanders haven't seen a similar shift. Not sure what the ultimate reason is, but I think a switch to 'new tourism' seemed to shift things a bit, like how all the breweries and axe throwing places came into town and brought some younger more liberal people. That was at least my perspective but I grew up in Fairfield, not Gburg proper.

Wouldn't mind some extra info, are you saying you've never been to another state besides California? If so, I'd expect a culture shock.

Area has a lot of gorgeous nature, Appalachian Trail and like 3 state parks are directly west of Gettysburg under half an hour away. East of Gburg you get a lot more Dutch Country (yes horses and buggies are fairly common), west you get more of a mix of PA Dutch and Appalachian influence(good if you like bluegrass). North is the state capital, most urbanized part of South Central PA, although probably far smaller than you are used to(Harrisburg is about 50k people).

Politically, the region is pretty conservative, Franklin County especially so, Gettysburg is one of the more liberal(or at least less conservative) towns in the area.

Pennsylvania is like 8 different regions smooshed together, so a lot of interesting regional variation here. In Gburg, you will also be closer to DC and Baltimore than to any city in PA so good for trips to visit. Far less natural disasters than California, so that's a plus.

I'd recommend living just outside town so you can get some amenities and avoid the tourists in the summer. Also if you hear someone say 'dippy egg' that means fried egg.

You now are legally obligated to complain about NJ and MD for the rest of your life, welcome to PA :)