Tonight in a canvass in East Jim Thorpe a guy told me he wasn’t going to vote for Tom Wolf because “Wolf wants to raise taxes.” Corbett has been running ads that show Wolf testifying before a legislative committee when he was Revenue Secretary under Gov. Rendell.
I didn’t argue with the guy, but I told him I just wanted to say one thing: “Don’t believe everything you see on TV.”
He said something to the effect of, “You have a point,” but I have a feeling he still will vote for Corbett.
The problem is that voters do not understand how government works. No Governor can raise taxes by himself. It takes the legislative body as a whole to pass bills or laws. The Governor merely either approves or veto's. I cannot understand why this is not a more important course in High school. Having educated voters would solve a lot of problems. Perhaps we would get better representatives.
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