State Open Again, Apparently

Hey, it turns out Pennsylvania only shut down for one day, but as long as you didn’t go to a state park or get your driver’s license or work for the state you probably didn’t know anyway. Last night, a budget was not passed but a “framework” was set up. And the state employees are going to be paid, so everyone just got a free day off instead. Huzzah!

Meanwhile, this woman from Northampton immediately became my favorite politician in the state for (1) bashing people on welfare and (2) suggesting the state legislature disband.

“Today, 24,000 workers were furloughed and will not be paid, but every person collecting a welfare check will be paid. That’s more than a shame. It’s a disgrace,” said State Sen. Lisa Boscola (D., Northampton), who described the impasse as a tug-of-war over political leverage. “We should be the ones, along with the governor, to lose our jobs.”

Now we can go back to the world we previously lived in, where we never used the word “furlough.”

Budget deal ends Pa. shutdown [Inquirer]