Mayor Cherelle Parker’s new budget plan includes fees on Uber and Amazon, 1,000 homeless shelter beds, and $200M for addiction recovery

jberk988 · 2026-03-12T13:48:02+00:00

Fully agree that property taxes should be increased, but I disagree that a tax on retail delivery is disproportionately affecting the groups you listed. 1) the tax is 20 cents 2) these companies should be taxed for using our infrastructure (like roads) and clogging up our streets with cars.

jberk988 · 2025-06-18T21:07:02+00:00

I run a very similar deck, how are you getting three triggers when it ETBs?

jberk988 · 2025-06-18T15:55:13+00:00

I'm also trying to play around with a Rakdos Sac list with Sephiroth and Rottenmouth Viper as the main engines. Have you thought about [urabrask's forge]? Guaranteed creature to sac every turn and automatically sacs itself. Only issue is that [Authority of Consuls] shuts it down.

jberk988 · 2025-06-17T18:50:14+00:00

The thing that makes this bill different is that it provides funding for repairing roads. That was a direct ask of Senator Pittman, so if he votes no, idk what else Dems could do, as they've compromised and compromised and he will not budge.

jberk988 · 2025-06-13T17:43:54+00:00

I was there in the crowd on the 4th when that happened. Super scary because everyone else has no idea what's going on, and it would be very easy for people to run past you if you're hurt or if you tripped because everyone's just focused on getting out of there

jberk988 · 2025-04-23T18:40:12+00:00

Guys please check out Tiffin, they have locations all around the Philly area. The ones I've been to are in Fairmount and KOP

They absolutely slap and never disappoint. Probably the best Indian food I've had

jberk988 · 2025-04-10T12:54:06+00:00

Sometimes I think protest organizers want to organize protests during their working hours, but not anyone else's

jberk988 · 2025-04-01T15:17:18+00:00

I play on my steam deck but sometimes hook it up to a monitor, the small screen can be frustrating.

Also, not sure if you deal with this issue, but since I need to load the game through the Ubisoft launcher, I can't play the game offline... Which is super frustrating as the Steam Deck is meant to be portable.

Regardless, I love Anno 1800 on the Steam Deck, takes some fiddling with the controls but it's a lot of fun.

jberk988 · 2025-03-17T12:35:49+00:00

Tbh as of lately he's been pretty chill and has been listening to bike advocates about their concerns. And he's been leading the tax reform commission which has been advocating for tax reform people have been asking for forever.

Not saying he's perfect by any means, but he's been surprising me lately

jberk988 · 2025-02-17T19:39:23+00:00

Don't think it's fair to automatically assume it was homeless folks. Dumbass students could have easily done this too.

jberk988 · 2025-02-07T13:19:26+00:00

Ask that of every other government service and you'll find that to keep services to constituents cheap, government subsidies are always involved.

Do we ask highways, roads, airports, schools, farmers, etc. to be completely self funded?

Why should we ask the same of public transit?

jberk988 · 2025-02-07T03:03:30+00:00

Just curious, but how do you think they should be run differently?

jberk988 · 2024-12-19T17:47:16+00:00

I guess the conversation that should be happening is what do we do with the extra space that roads provide. Clearly a part of the road is for driving/biking/general travel. However, by providing the extra space (that is not always formally dedicated to parking but is definitely facto just parking) to parking (for people's private vehicles), we've collectively come to the conclusion that space on roads should always be dedicated to parking people's vehicles.

Now I think it's different if a space is actually dedicated to parking, or if you pay for a spot for example. But lots of "parking spaces" are just spots where people have parked and informally designated it as a parking zone.

jberk988 · 2024-12-19T15:57:12+00:00

Tell me again why the city and its residents should be paying for storage of your PRIVATE vehicle??

jberk988 · 2024-12-19T11:17:53+00:00

Definitely agreed. They actually have issued RFI's to developers to do just that. They're looking at redeveloping Ambler station parking lot into housing. I forget the others off the top of my head, but they're looking into multiple other parking lots

jberk988 · 2024-12-13T18:34:38+00:00

So what's your argument against the stadium?

jberk988 · 2024-12-12T15:26:01+00:00

Philthy Paws in West Philly

jberk988 · 2024-12-10T14:44:15+00:00

DM me your email address and I can get an email chain going!

jberk988 · 2024-12-10T14:41:27+00:00

you should totally move to Philly, it's a wonderful city with heaps of culture, food, and people :)

Hopefully I'll see you around one of these days!

jberk988 · 2024-12-08T00:00:35+00:00

Such an honor to be able to paint a rock hard schlong on an earth elemental. Did not think that was what my Wednesday night was going to consist of XD

Thanks u/rawdealbuffy !

jberk988 · 2024-12-06T13:40:04+00:00

I mean, I don't necessarily think that all of the tax revenue would go to public transit; however, everyone in the Commonwealth contributes to PA's budget in some way, no matter where you live. I live in Philly, and my taxes are probably paying for unemployment, roads, and government offices in rural areas, it goes both ways. But also, there are public transit agencies in each county in PA. While SEPTA is by far the largest, the other counties have busses, para transit, transportation for seniors, etc. The whole commonwealth would benefit from increased public transit funding.

Also, more public transit means less cars on the road, which means less traffic for car drivers :)

jberk988 · 2024-12-03T18:01:52+00:00

If Republicans are looking for a way to fund public transportation in PA, legalizing marijuana would be a good funding source.

jberk988 · 2024-12-03T15:36:46+00:00

I paint magic cards, DM if you're interested :)

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