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Vol. II No. 7 (165) Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia February 18, 2011
IN 2010, PENNSYLVANIA ranked third among all 50 states in number of jobs
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Casey: Block
Congressional Pay
During A
Government
Shutdown
US Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.)
today called for the pay of Mem-
bers of Congress and the President
of the United States to be blocked
in the event of a federal govern-
ment. A government shutdown had
been threatened by some Washing-
ton politicians.
“Economists have warned that a
government shutdown would hurt
the economy and endanger job cre-
ation,” said the Senator. “A shut-
down in a fragile economic
recovery will hurt people who have
already suffered through the reces-
sion. If it comes to a government
shutdown, everyone should agree
Members of Congress and the Pres-
ident should not receive pay or
retroactive pay.”
Washington Republican leaders
have refused to take the threat of a
government shutdown off the table,
even though a shutdown would af-
fect the lives of millions of Ameri-
cans by disrupting Social Security
checks, benefits for veterans and
paychecks for our troops.
The legislation introduced today
with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Cal.)
prevents Members of Congress and
the President from being paid
retroactively after a government
shutdown and would also prevent
them from being paid if the public-
debt limit is reached and the gov-
ernment defaults on its financial
obligations.
Currently, Members of Congress
and the President are treated differ-
ently from millions of other Fed-
eral Employees because they are
paid through mandatory spending
required by law (2 U.S.C. 31 and 3
U.S.C 102) rather than through the
annual appropriations process.
The legislation fixes this inequity
by saying that the President and
Members of Congress “shall not re-
ceive basic pay for any period in
which there is more than a 24 hour
lapse in appropriations for any Fed-
eral agency or department as a re-
sult of a failure to enact a regular
appropriations bill or continuing
resolution OR if the Federal Gov-
ernment is unable to make pay-
ments or meet obligations because
the debt limit….has been reached.”
Two Years after
Recovery Act,
Policymakers Fixated
On Wrong Deficit
The key to reining in the federal
fiscal deficit lies not in job-crush-
ing spending cuts and tax breaks
for the rich but in policies that cre-
ate new jobs and boost middle-
class wages, according to a new2 | THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD 18 JANUARY, 2011
policy brief from the Keystone Research Center.
Prolonged joblessness and stagnant wages will con-
tinue to stifle tax revenues. By closing these deficits,
policymakers can rein in the fiscal deficit, while build-
ing on the success of the American Recovery Act and
other federal policies, which saved 400,000 jobs in
Pennsylvania and prevented the state’s unemployment
rate from rising above 15%.
“Policymakers remain fixated on the wrong deficit,”
said Stephen Herzenberg, PhD, an Economist and Ex-
ecutive Director of the Keystone Research Center.
“For Main Street families, the jobs deficit and the
wage deficit matter a lot more than the federal fiscal
deficit.”
Congressional Republicans, however, are pushing for
deep cuts to federal spending a few months after in-
sisting on billions in new spending to continue Bush
era tax cuts for the richest 2%.
“Pairing tax cuts for the rich with job-crushing spend-
ing cuts risks a worst-of-both-worlds outcome where
the economy slips again, and the jobs, wage, and fiscal
deficits all grow,” said Dr. Herzenberg, who co-au-
thored the policy brief with Labor Economist Mark
Price, PhD.
Pennsylvania is emerging from the recession with job
growth exceeding that of many other states. In 2010,
the Commonwealth added more than 65,000 jobs,
ranking third among the 50 states in the number of
jobs created. Adjusting for the size of each state’s
economy, Pennsylvania job growth still exceeded
three-fourths of all states.
“Continued investments in infrastructure, boosting
skills and innovation in critical industries, and in un-
employment benefits are key to keeping our economic
momentum going and reining in the job deficit,” Dr.
Price said. “A starting point on the wage deficit would
be to raise the minimum wage – an action taken to
help end the Great Depression – and requiring that
companies receiving State job-creation subsidies not
pay below market-based norms for their industry.”
Saturday is the two-year anniversary of Congress’s
passage of the American Recovery & Reinvestment
Act. To mark the occasion, Keystone researchers have
updated an earlier analysis showing how many jobs
the Recovery Act and other federal actions saved in
Pennsylvania and its metropolitan areas. The estimates
are derived from a national-level analysis of the im-
pact of federal economic intervention that was co-au-
thored by economist Alan Binder and John McCain
economic adviser Mark Zandi.
Pennsylvania’s economy would have been much
worse off without the policy actions taken by the Fed-
eral Reserve, the Bush and Obama administrations,
and Congress in the wake of the Great Recession. Un-
employment rates (as of December 2010) would have
spiraled to 20% in the City of Philadelphia and nearly
15% in the Philadelphia metro area, including Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia
Cos. and parts of New Jersey and Delaware (117,000
jobs saved).
“By acting forcefully when the economy was on the
verge of collapse, policymakers applied the historical
lessons of the Great Depression,” Dr. Herzenberg said.
“Pulling back now will cost jobs and set the recovery
back. Those who forget history, as the saying goes, are
doomed to repeat it.”
Holt Announces 10%
Jump In Container Volume
At S. Philly Terminal
Led by the new Black Pearl Service Line, Packer Av-
enue Marine Terminal continues to compete success-
fully for container cargo, as evidenced by statistics
released today showing a 10% increase in container
volumes over the last 12 months.
Best of all, the Terminal’s robust growth has created
more than 200 additional jobs at Packer, and that num-
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Feb. 18-
Fundraiser for Lou Lanni for
City Council at SmokeEaters,
7681 Frankford Ave., 7-10 p.m.,
$40 includes draft and food.
Checks payable to Lou Lanni
for City Council, 914 Clinton
St., Phila., PA 19107. RSVP
(267) 815-1188.
Feb. 18-
5th Ward Democrat leader Mike
Boyle hosts dinner fundraiser
for 5th Ward committeepersons
at Bella Cena, 1506 Spruce St.,
7 p.m. Candidates invited, $50
fee.
Feb. 19-
Several N.E. Democrat Wards
host Meet & Greet for candi-
dates and Petition Signing Event
at Plumbers Union Local 690,
Waterfall Rm., 2791 Southamp-
ton Rd., 4-8 p.m. Free to all reg-
istered Democrats. Judicial
candidates and incumbents only
please contact Robert N.
Dellavella (215) 335-4004.
Feb. 19-
St. Valentine Party hoisted by
56th Ward Democrat leader John
P. Sabatina, Sr. and State Rep.
John P. Sabatina, Jr. at American
Legion Post 810, 9151 Old
Newtown Rd. Tickets $50; at
door, $60. For info (215) 342-
5816.
Feb. 20-
61st Ward Fundraiser at Deja Vu,
5929 N. 5th St., 5:30 to 8:30
p.m. Petitions welcome. Tickets
$50. For info (215) 790-9570.
ber is expected to grow as new lines begin calling in the weeks ahead.
“Our goal is to increase the amount of container business that calls on
Philadelphia, because that means opportunity and jobs for our region,”
said Thomas J. Holt Jr., president of Astro Holdings, Inc., which leases
PAMT under a long-term concession with the Philadelphia Regional Port
Authority. “The arrival of the Black Pearl Line signals to the world that
the Port of Philadelphia is growing, and with the deepening of the
Delaware River, we believe that the Port’s best years lie ahead of us.”
The Black Pearl Line, which commenced at PAMT on Jan. 28 and is now
fully operational, now links on northbound routes from San Antonio and
Arica in Chile; Callao in Peru; Guayaquil in Ecuador; and also Man-
zanillo, Panama; Kingston, Jamaica; and Miami via CMA CGM Black
Pearl Service. Three ships carrying refrigerated cargoes already have
called at PAMT, and bigger ships are anticipated in the coming weeks.
And of course, the new Maersk Spondylus service makes its expected
debut at PAMT next week, generating more cargo and economic opportu-
nity at the Port.
“The arrival of the Black Pearl Line marks an important step in the ongo-
ing transformation at Packer,” said Holt. “We live in an increasingly glob-
alized world, so strengthening our connections to South America is likely
to continue providing dividends for the port community, especially as we
build a strong niche working with refrigerated cargoes.”
First Lady Susan Corbett
To Open Statewide Tourism Summit
Even as a buzz grows around the Commonwealth that its new Governor,
Tom Corbett, is seldom seen in public, a new entrant to the limelight may
be planning to do some shining for him. That’s his wife.
Susan Corbett will deliver the opening remarks at the statewide Tourism
Summit on Monday, Mar. 14 at The Hilton Harrisburg. The three-day
event, hosted by The Pennsylvania Association of Convention & Visitors
Bureaus, the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association and the
Pennsylvania Tourism Coalition, is titled “Together for Tourism,” and
strives to bring together many industry partners to explore ways to work
more collaboratively toward a stronger voice with our new Governor and
State legislature. The event will include representatives of every facet of
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Pennsylvania tourism, including museums, wineries,
golf courses, hotels, restaurants, attractions, the arts,
suppliers and many other tourism partners, largely
made up of small businesses and nonprofit organiza-
tions.
“We are extremely pleased to have Pennsylvania’s
First Lady officially kick off our Tourism Summit,”
said Rob Fulton, president of PACVB. “Tourism is an
integral part of our economy and to have Mrs. Corbett
recognize its importance to the Commonwealth is an
honor.”
During the 1990s, Mrs. Corbett was special projects
manager for the president’s office at Carnegie Muse-
ums and the director’s office of Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh. Mrs. Corbett then became assistant pro-
ducer, and, ultimately, executive director of Pittsburgh
Arts & Lectures, a nationally recognized literary-arts
organization. After her husband was elected Attorney-
General, Mrs. Corbett moved to Harrisburg, where she
became VP of programs and development of the Get-
tysburg Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedi-
cated to the preservation and heritage of Gettysburg.
Tales Of Black Revolutionary
War Soldiers To Be Told
At Fairmount Water Works
Join Robert A. Selig, PhD, as he describes the experi-
ence of African American Soldiers in the American
War of Independence on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. at the Fairmount Water Works Interpre-
tive Center, located at 640 Water Works Drive.
In honor of Black History Month, Dr. Selig will ac-
count in vivid detail the experience of some 5,000 free
and enslaved African Americans who were said to
have fought in the Continental Army between 1775
and 1783 and how many more enslaved people were
anxious to join in the fight for “life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness”. Ironically, these patriot soldiers
voluntarily took up arms, with or without the consent
of their masters, fighting for both their own freedom
as well as that of the country who did not want them to
fight, because they were Black.
These African American soldiers were an integral
component of the Continental Army on the march to
Yorktown. Additionally, President Barack Obama
signed into law the Washington Rochambeau Revolu-
tionary Route National Historic Trail in March 2009 to
commemorate the march on Yorktown through inter-
pretive signs along Schuylkill Banks at Market Street.
Dr. Selig is Historical Consultant to the National Park
Service for the Washington-Rochambeau Revolution-
ary Route National Historic Trail. He has provided
historical consulting to many State and local govern-
ments and has contributed to numerous publications
on Revolutionary War topics.
Support for this program was provided by American
Women’s Heritage Society/Belmont Mansion,
Schuylkill River National and State Heritage Area,
Fairmount Park Council for Historic Sites, Schuylkill
River Development Corp., National Park Service,
W3R-NHT and Schuylkill Banks.
The Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center is op-
erated by the Philadelphia Water Dept. and open Tues-
day through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
and on Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Center is
closed on Mondays and City holidays. All programs
are free of charge and suitable for people of all ages
and interests. The Center is fully ADA accessible. For
more information about the Interpretive Center pro-
grams, visit www.fairmountwaterworks.org or call
(215) 685-0723. Follow us on Facebook at “Fairmount
Water Works” and also on Twitter @FWWIC.
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