"Probably costs less" does not cut it. Corbett is simply looking at all options. Of course, being a Republican, partisan Democrats always use this as club to beat him with. Corbett is having a hard time fixing the mess Rendell left him. his biggest mistake is not asking the Democratic Party leadership in Harrisburg to come up with alternatives. The Democrats won't because their only alternative is to keep everything as is and raise taxes.

The man is out of his mind! I'll bet somebody dumped some money into his 'campaign fund' to get him to do this! Republican too. Now you understand ????????????????

Do you really think that a sum of money has been dumped into Corbett's campaign or a promise of a great executive job when we boot him out of office? Nah, he is one of those honest and patriotic GOP people who love to screw the 98% of us who Mitt Romney so eloquently described.

we the people need to take control and vote these numbnuts out in 2014,secondly we need to change the amount of time senators and congressman can stay in office. This indefinitely is insane, 8 years and out should be the same as the President

Ask our AG why he they have not questioned him as to his involvement in the Sandusky case , nobody wants top talk about that.What did he know and when ???????

just as obummer has been nothing but a thorn in American's side over the last 4 years and the same people who collect their welfare benefits voted him back in.

2 things cc, by your own canidate, 47% of the country gets "handouts". Obama received over 51% of the vote and you can subtract a majority of the elders who voted for Romney, so not all of his supporters are on welfare. Second, when Ed Rendell left office, PA's unemployment rate was a whole percentage point below the national rate. 2 years into Corbett's term the PA rate is HIGHER than the national average. In fact, unlike the national average, our unemployment has been going up. Bravo Mr. Corbett.

This is about Corbett and the PA lottery, too bad someone has to play "straw man".

Jacob sorry that it isn't Corbett fault that unemployment is up. You can blame obama and his obummercare. Small business are laying off to get under 50 employees so they don't have to buy health care. Business are closing down because of the economy and now obummer wants to raise taxes on people who make over 250,000. This tax hike will cause more small business to close. Put the blame where it belongs on obummer not Corbett

Maria - Ever hear of the State Legislature? They would vote on any proposal to privatize anything.

Pennsylvanians got just what they deserved for allowing a repuglican to become governor of our state

Mr. Linko - Does the article state how much the Illinois Lottery brought in before it was privatized? What the company promised to bring in did not meet their expectations for sure. However, I wonder if it still beat out the lottery income when the state had control.

Who are your women? More importantly who is "we" and which women do they own? Amnesty International should be notified.

It is disgusting. I suppose you know that Kennywood is owned by a company in Spain. Just like "same old story" said below.. "Keep it in the states"

Margaret, are you suggesting the government tell owners they can only sell to buyers from a particular location?

Since the Spanish company has taken over Kennywood, they have hired more employees than the original owners did. Which is good because a lot of the 18-24 year old that work work at Kennywood use the money to live off of over the winter months and they are paid above minimum wage and then get bonus's if they don't miss days of work. My daughters friend made enough to pay for her tuition for CCAC for the year and then spend money for the winter months. She is happy that she didn't have to take any student loans out.

Here Here! The PA lottery has been designated as the best run lottery in all 50 states! Yet we have a "two faced liar" trying to screw that up after he has already screwed up our education and help for the seniors! He tried to cut mental health earlier this year; 1 out of every 90 children born in PA have some type of spectrum disorder yet he was going to cut funding until the state legislators woke up and stopped him. What I cant understand is how he cut funding to the senior "home care" wage when this is funded out of the lottery; not out of the state budget! Yet no one said a word, media, paper, or web! Let's get this "crook" out of Harrisburg! He is as guilty as all the others in this Penn State mess! Lock him up and then cut funding to the state PRISONS!

sieben13, it is you dumocrats that sound like broken records. I just hope the next election for House and Senate members bring more Republicans so that they can stop the destruction that obummer is doing to the United States.

sieben - you of course must be referring to Rendell, a Democrat, who funneled truckloads to all his friends. Maybe you should also look into the fact that Rendell is a paid consultant for the company interested in administering the State lottery.

A blind man can see where he is coming from. Its about self profit

Ah, Bill. It actually DID happen. you cannot undo history but certainly you can ignore it if you wish. Rendell proposed privatizing the Turnpike and also proposed tolling Interstate 80. Rendell is also now a paid consultant for the firm that is interested in bidding on the State Lottery. The divide in America is real as well as evidenced by the ridiculously partisan people on this board who simply HATE anybody who is conservative, Republican or simply disagree with their hate-filled diatribes. Enjoy socialism while you can. It will end when we run out of other peoples' money to spend.

Bill - don't take a temper tantrum. I never said that government should play no role. I believe that the role of federal government through entitlements is way too large and would rather go back to clearly defined role of government as the founding fathers defined it in the Constitution. Entitlement programs will kill this country.

BD - philosphically, Republicans are normally proposing privatizing and Democrats are usually against. That's why it was no suprise that when Rendell proposed privatizing the turnpike, most Democrats I know were against it, especially since it was with a foreign company. In my experience, Democrats are much more critical of Democratic leaders and don't automatically accept what they do. Republicans usually fall in in lockstep with their elected leaders, thus we get stuff like the Iraq war.
Democrats are also usually supportive of laws to restrict corporations from shipping jobs overseas while Republicans propose tax breaks to allow them to do it. So it is no suprise that Corbett is proposing having the Chinese run our lottery.

As for the constitution, the founding fathers included this -
"The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States."

This is a pretty clearly defined role, you can't just pick and choose what parts you "want to go back to".

" ... Republicans usually fall in in lockstep with their elected leaders, ...."

Can you say Tea Party? Can you say "divisions in Party over the tax rate hikes?"

Where do you get this information?

JS - Your generalities of the the GOP are straight out of CNBC or Moveon.org. As for politicians falling in lockstep with their leadership, I would say the Dems are more prone to that. Obamacare, or the ACA, is a good example of the Democratic policians acting like sheep, passing a law which is still unpopular with the majority of Americans and continuing to blindly follow its' leadership on this law even though a significant piece of it was declared unconstitutional.

JS - simply put, I believe in the constitution which states that powers not given to the federal government remain with the states.

#1 - I hate Obamacare - it didn't go nearly far enough. Single payer is the only thing that will work. Many, many Democrats feel the same way and express it every day. We were not happy that Obama started in the middle and basically ended up with the same plan that the Republcans had been pushing for years. Obamacare is a lame first step, but at least it's a step. Republicans want to do nothing these days.

#2 - it's MSNBC that is the liberal TV news station, not CNBC. If you weren't stuck on FOX, you'd know that and also know about point #1.

#3 - That's what I thought, you want to pick and choose what part of the constitution you want to "go back to". Thanks for making that point for me.

Just think if your 70-90 year old female, obummercare won't pay for a hip replacement but you can get as much as you want in free birth control.

Bil - we must rein in entitlements or we go the way of Greece and the other socialist countries who can no longer afford to come up with the money to make life "fair." It definitely will not be easy. That is why Democrat politicians always shy away from doing anything about it. They would rather Republicans do the dirty work and get the blame. There is a need to have a safety net for people who cannot function mentally or physically in society. But, that should also be the responsibility of the churches and charitable groups as well and not simply be left to the taxpayers.

I agree, Bill. The republicans want to cut 'entitlements' so their rich owners can get richer (according to the figures, the top 1-5% of the population are the ONLY people who have gotten better off since the republican so-called 'tax breaks' (remember, Dubya got 43K a year out of his 'tax break' and his sidekick, Cheney got more than 200K! So they want the rich to keep getting richer and cut everything for everyone else. But, to properly stop the deficit requires getting the money from where it's mainly going: into the pockets of that 1-5%, while reining in some of the costs that run up the 'entitlements' though insuring that ALL people of this country get a fair deal with regard to health care, social security, workman's comp, and so forth. Any other approach is both unconscionable, and unjust. And the conservatives can cry in their tea all they want. They are simply out of it with regard to decent ethics rather than blind self-centeredness.

Ralph,
The fundamental error in your logic is simply that raising tax rates will NOT impact the deficit ONE BIT. Consider the FACTS and the MATH. The National Debt is the cumulative total of fiscal year budget deficits plus the carrying costs of those deficits. So, the ONLY way to reduce the current National Debt is to at least Balance the current Fiscal Year Budget (assuming the current budget includes money to retire the debt that matures that year). Raising taxes as proposed does NOT in any way, shape or form attempt to Balance the current budget. In fact, if you look at the President's latest and greatest proposal, the "Budget" includes $1.6 Trillion in deficits for the Current Fiscal Year Budget. So, not only do his proposed tax increases NOT reduce the National Debt, the Proposal increases the National Debt by $1.6 Trillion PLUS the carrying costs of the current debt not reduced.

No, you are wrong. There's no reason for the state to be in the liquor business. The lottery was established by the state to raise revenue. I have a problem with the lottery in general, but if we're going to use legalized gambling to raise money for the state off of the backs of the poor, then at least let the state run it, not the Chinese.

And I'm sure you're aware that no one has proposed taking existing "major business operations" and turning them over to the state. We're talking about the lottery here. Once again, it's just your paranoia talking. Tin foil is for baking, not hats.

Still looking for your top five major business operations that would be state-managed, like the liquor industry, and the lottery ...

Anybody? This should be a slam dunk. The question is very simple.

Ernie - what liberal Democrats on here are supporting the lottery? A few people, including me, said we don't like the lottery because it IS a regressive tax on poor people. Others are just arguing against turning it over to a Chinese corporation. Your point is totally made up, nobody has come out and said they support it. You're dreaming, buddy. Better stick with Craigslist.

@JS
Give me a break. I am having a conversation with Bill about the Lottery that at least makes sense, you don't. The Liberals seem to really enjoy the numbers game...the Lottery generates "1 billion in revenue each year"? OK, that means it takes $3Billion out of the Economy if the Lottery is truly paying 30% to the State coffers as stated in the artical. My point is not "totally made up" as you claim...get over yourself. And your Craigslist reference makes about as much sense as the rest of your posts.

Sorry, no conversation that includes one person typing ROTFLMAO (if not typed by a 12 year old) or BWAHAHAHA..... is a conversation that makes sense.

Your point was that liberals on this thread are all about supporting the lottery. They are not. Therefore your point was made up.

I think you know what the Craigslist reference was about.

@JS
Is your post deflection or obfuscation? I get the two confused sometimes...

My post CLEARLY states that it makes NO DIFFERENCE if the lottery is public or privately managed, it is just a regressive tax on those who can least afford it.

And no, your Craigslist reference is still a mystery. I'm guessing it is some sort of reference to who you think I am, but my identity is no secret to many of the regular posters on this forum. But in any case, I think I am done with you. Carry on.

Hmmmmm....I re-read my post several times, and still can't see where I stated that the state invented gambling, or anything even close to that. But hey, if you feel the need to set up some sort of ignorant strawman to knock down, you go right ahead and have a party.

At some point, you might want to actually consider addressing the point in my post that the PA Lottery is nothing more than a Regressive Tax squarely aimed at the very demographic they claim to be "helping".

No doubt, a lot of different folk play the lottery, but do the research, and (just like the casinos) you will learn that a dissproportionately large population of players are people who should not be playing at all. If you really want to be depressed, stop in the Casino on a weekday at lunch. If you are under 55 years of age, you will lower the average age of the occupants. My office is near the Casino, so we use the restauarant there for lunches with various vendors that stop in, and it is a sad, sad sight to behold. My Econ prof at Duquesne said it best: "If you want to help an elderly or poor person out, hand them some money, don't buy a lottery ticket".

The demographic for playing the lottery and casino traffic is very well identified. Ernie is exactly right on both counts. Yes, the lottery is a tax on those least able to afford the cost.

And sadly, we get distracted by this comical debate on whether or not to privatize the whole mess!!!! What a joke.

LoL Bill and have to agree with you.

The divide in America is real as well as evidenced by the ridiculously partisan people on this board who simply HATE anybody who is conservative-bd>>>>

how about the ridiculously hate filled partisanship shown by the Republican who try to blame everything on the Affordable Care Act?
Investigate Corbett's part in the Sandusky scandal/crimes, or are the partisan Republicans afraid of that?

Amen to that!!! I say, If it's a republican, and you're not a gazillionaire they promise to allow to continue to screw consumers and actual producers of goods and services, I say kick 'em out. And especially religious nutcases like Santorem who wants to shove his medieval nonsense down everyone's throat despite the constitution's insistence on separation between church and state!

Its called OUTSOURCING for which the repuglicans are famous for. I can't wait to try and vote this IDIOT out of office,before he totally ruins Pennsylvania

I agree sieben13! We not only need him out, but those dimbulb clots in the House in Washington who can't seem to get it through their thick skulls that this nation is made up of more than the 1% of the obscenely rich whom they keep trying to make richer while screwing the rest of us over.

Ask your AG what is being done about corbetts involvement in the sandusky scandal