I just want to give you an opportunity before we get to all the excellent questions we'' ve obtained on Facebook over the weekend– just kind of stroll us through what this third budget is all around. It'' s a little bit different than the past 2. It is, it'' s a various approach i think to budgeting.
Once Again the Affordable Treatment Act that gives Medicaid to individuals in several cases that utilize country wellness centers to actually reimburse those country health centers for the aid so there ' s a great deal of things that we ' re trying to do yet it ' s it ' s a setting scarcity concern that ' s looming there ' s additionally the issue of geography. Certainly his factor is'if we raise it to high it ' s not not a good point, however elevating it to the ideal quantity, whatever it is, I ' m proposing twelve dollars an hour, in fact places in this situation, depending on your price quote maybe two, even a lot more, two billion dollars extra right into the economic climate and also so that ' s two billion even more bucks that people have to spend on points like pizza and Huge Macs as well as and food in the grocery store, garments or items in the in the dollar store, these are points that in fact include to the economic vitality of Pennsylvania as well as in terms of taxes must be worth anywhere from additional 60-100 million bucks in between personal revenue tax obligation and also the sales tax obligation so the financial task is, that is.You likewise must save cash with a minimum wage, right now you can function full time at minimal wage in Pennsylvania 7 bucks and also twenty-five cents an hour At that rate, you function 2000 hrs a year and also you ' re still going to qualify for points like food stamps or the youngsters ' s wellness insurance policy program both of those points set you back taxpayers money so a minimum wage to a practical level would actually raise economic activity and also conserve the federal government and also all taxpayers from having to spend cash on social services. Let ' s go to Sheila ' s examine I ' m going to review it verbatim she claims dear Governor Wolf thank you for voicing your assistance for much better financing for grownups with disabilities I would like ideas now from you on how households of the disabled can aid make the legislature make the modifications you ' ve asked for.
Never the consolidation of the 4 different companies that is an effort to in fact enhance services so the Location Agencies on Aging I believe you need to see and also their clients need to see far better solutions as an outcome of this, and also I. recall at the important things we ' ve done best for our people have been where agencies have actually collaborated like the opioid dilemma, compound use problem dilemma that ' s in fact a'collaboration with the Division Human Providers, Division of Health and wellness, Division of Aging and Department Medication and Alcohol Programs all those companies function together and also I think have done an excellent task in helping Pennsylvania obtain its arms around the material usage condition, of the opioid epidemic as well as I see the same point for for Aging, the Department of Aging is a strong champ for the elderly, we require that kind of championing of the senior in Pennsylvania.I ' m attempting to figure out a means to do it also better than we ' re doing it now and I believe this loan consolidation will certainly assist us do that. As well as an additional one we ' ve obtained a great deal of concerns about regarding this year ' s budget, Lonnie from Sugary Food Valley he ' s asking regarding the $25 charge to'money the Pennsylvania State Police that cover local areas that wear ' t have their own police forces that ' s something that you proposed in this budget plan just talk about that a bit and also the thinking behind why the Commonwealth ' s needs to go this instructions. Sure there are 2 things initially of all this is something that a growing number of municipalities are choosing as well as who can blame them, now the rule is that. if you have your very own Cops Division and also you wish to transfer to State Police insurance coverage you can do that for complimentary, so you decrease your own expenses by removing your police department and also merely transferring to the State Police coverage, as well as we all recognize there ' s nothing that ' s complimentary and so that ' s a problem for everybody else, it was helping to spend for, settle the price of that.The 2nd point is over the means the cost is defrayed is that we wind up with less bridges and also roadways that are fixed or developed, the cash that is being used by'Pennsylvania State Cops to money this complimentary service insurance coverage is essentially appearing of Act 89 cash, money that happened, a tax obligation that was placed in place prior to'I entered workplace yet it implies that every town, that indicators up for this free State Police Service, the rest people, all'of us get less bridges and fewer roadways fixed to make sure that it ' s not sustainable, we need to move. on as well as 25 bucks per head is a really tiny charge contrasted to what towns with their very own law enforcement agency are paying. As well as the community would pay that. Yeah yet certainly they would certainly pass it with as tax obligation to their residents yet somehow all of us are spending for this insurance coverage whether through the sales tax or the revenue tax or the possibility tax obligation that we owe the opportunity, foregone,'of having bridges and also'roadways that are up to snuff.The opioid crisis that we ' ve yapped about over the last you know a number of years, Jeanie from Natrona Heights had actually asked regarding problems that once more with the loan consolidation of the Division of Alcohol And Drug Programs into a larger health and human solutions company, will certainly that make things tougher, will that you know sort of stall efforts to eliminate this epidemic.
Once More the Affordable Care Act that gives Medicaid to people in lots of cases that make use of rural health and wellness facilities to really compensate those rural health centers for the aid so there ' s a great deal of points that we ' re attempting to do but it ' s it ' s a placement scarcity issue that ' s impending there ' s likewise the problem of geography. Right here ' s what we ' re doing, we ' ve legalized medical cannabis. I think directly that we are waiting to see what happens in Colorado, Oregon and Washington to see how that in fact functions out before we we'relocate past what I ' ve claimed I wanted to do and what we ' ve already, a lot of which, we ' ve already done.On to, type of back to your spending plan, this year ' s budget plan David from Frizzleberg says, what do you really hope to accomplish, he states, by raising minimum wage recognizing the impact that it will certainly have on the economy as well as that nonetheless high you increase it that will certainly constantly be the wage then. Undoubtedly his point is'if we increase it to high it ' s not not a good point, yet raising it to the ideal quantity, whatever it is, I ' m suggesting twelve bucks an hour, really places in this case, depending on your estimate maybe 2, also more, two billion bucks a lot more into the economy and so that ' s 2 billion more bucks that people have to spend on things like pizza as well as Large Macs and as well as food in the grocery store, apparel or products in the in the dollar shop, these are things that in fact add to the financial vigor of Pennsylvania and also in terms of taxes must be worth anywhere from extra 60-100 million bucks in between personal earnings tax obligation as well as the sales tax obligation so the financial activity is, that is.You likewise should conserve money with a minimum wage, right now you can work full time at minimal wage in Pennsylvania seven bucks and twenty-five cents an hour At that rate, you function 2000 hrs a year and also you ' re still going to certify for points like food stamps or the children ' s health insurance program both of those points set you back taxpayers money so a minimal wage to a practical level would in fact increase economic task and also conserve the government as well as all taxpayers from having to spend cash on social services. Allow ' s go to Sheila ' s question I ' m going to read it verbatim she says dear Guv Wolf thank you for voicing your support for much better funding for grownups with impairments I would such as recommendations now from you on exactly how families of the disabled can aid make the legislature make the adjustments you ' ve asked for.No if I assumed that were to, would make things tougher I wouldn'' t have done it, the the concept behind damaging down these company barriers, these silos and also wall surfaces is to really enhance solution and I take a look at what we'' ve done so far in the opioid epidemic as well as I assume we'' ve done so good, we have a great deal of work to do but we'' ve got some good ideas done which'' s due to the fact that individuals in the Department Alcohol And Drug Programs and the Department of Human Being Services
and Health and wellness and also Aging have all collaborated which they concentrate on what'' s right for the residents rather than you recognize how does this support somebody who determined, that understands exactly how several years earlier, that we need to have a different company for this as well as a separate firm for that I intend to assist the residents of Pennsylvania as well as I intend to do what'' s best for the residents instead of what ' s best for some mishap of history.I ' m continuing that topic, Julia says are there any brand-new plans to manage the climbing overdose rates in the state. Narcan accessibility is a beginning but does the state plan to address the addiction problem itself with rehabilitation centers, area outreach, we should do even more to resolve the issue instead than just deal with the symptoms. I agree definitely and also I think if you look at what we'' ve been doing we produced 45 centers of quality therapy centers last year the last ones are simply standing up and running now so this will certainly be the very first calendar year where
we primarily had them up and also running as well as the hope is that they will certainly be able to attend to the requirements of 11,000 Pennsylvanians that are experiencing from substance problems disorder yet we require to do even more we require to have more treatment facilities we need to have more alternatives for victims of compound usage condition we require to do even more, physician, more resources, naloxone is, narcan is just something it brings a person back from an overdose however then you have to see to it that that individual has treatment alternatives or you sanctuary'' t done actually anything so we have a great deal of work to do but I put 10 million added bucks into my budget this year in addition to the 20 million extra dollars I place in in 2014 as well as with bipartisan assistance in both the Us senate and the Home I believe Pennsylvania is one of the leaders in the nation in terms of trying to resolve this.One various other
point we require to address is the stigma of this, this is a condition as well as I believe one of things that bring us out into the open is that we'' re saying this is an illness we recognize exactly how to treat there ought to be nobody who passes away of this illness in Pennsylvania. You'' re really enthusiastic about this topic you made that clear. Alright allow'' s lighten points up simply a little, we'' re live below on Facebook with Governor Wolf addressing your inquiries and we had one come in from a Pennsylvania mayor of Coraopolis I guess Tony Celeste as well as he says, Governor Wolf make a drop in Coraopolis. Okay, thanks for the invite We'' ll get it on the schedule alright allow'' s proceed to Erica from Downingtown she would like to know where we are in regards to equal rights for all Pennsylvanians in the area of employment, health care, real estate, public holiday accommodations as it connects to LGBTQ neighborhood and also I'' m just going to review what he wrote as well because i think it'' s that important.Every northeastern state has anti discrimination against sexual positioning and also numerous don ' t allow discrimination versus gender identification or expression. has neither, are we behind? Yes yep we have a judgment, government court that goes back to May of 2014 that permits for of same-sex marriage and marital relationship equality in Pennsylvania but Pennsylvania still does not have regulation, non-discrimination and I think that is terrible it is, Pennsylvania actually needs to relocate in not just to be with other states due to the fact that it'' s the appropriate thing to do that we require to have non-discrimination regulation, there'' s some great expenses in the General Assembly and also I ' m hoping that they will pass, as quickly as they reach my desk I will authorize them.Okay we ' re
mosting likely to hurry along the last couple right here since we'' re lacking time we ' ve covered a great deal of ground Joseph from Wilkes-Barre says you pointed out a retirement reward to minimize the state staff member labor force what is the motivation and will certainly that aid pension plan reform. The what is it has not been functioned out and also will certainly be worked out with workers and the legislature, it takes legal action to make a presentation, but obviously it'' s one that ' s mosting likely to have to be reasonable to the workers if it they want'to take it and also that ' s the nature of'very early retired life it ' s volunteer it ' s as much as the the staff member and we'' ll do our finest to make it one that is eye-catching yet it possibly won'' t make much of a difference in regards to the unfunded responsibility yet it will actually help in terms of the immediate short-term expenses actually the long-lasting expenses in terms of aiding us simplify federal government to identify exactly how we can specify where we'' re actually doing more for residents yet with much less, very early retirement is a portion of that strategy.Adam from Altoona says, Governor Wolf have you thought of the financial benefits of a statewide Veterans Court. Yeah I ' m not exactly sure, I should be a much better constitutional scholar, but I assume the way we do it the nature of courts are truly under the direction of the areas and so the way it ' s been done so much is'that each area that identifies whether it ' s going to have a medicine court, one of the points in my budget plan is to supply economic support to regions that are considering drug courts, so I think they'' re. an advantage and also assume individuals who have actually experienced medication courts, people in the lawful career believe, that these are advantages, yet I wear'' t assume I could do that on I don ' t believe I'can have a state medication court, however I ' ll certainly check into it. It ' s great to obtain input from our Facebook fans. Judah from the texases hold’em gamers partnership, thank you for the opportunity to ask concerning the budget plans reliance on income from on-line poker, when, when that'' s always a good one, when will certainly legalisation as well as guideline occur.Yeah I put on ' t
know that I'think once again there is actual work being performed in the General Assembly as to what enhanced gaming, consisting of on the internet gaming, including possibly on-line casino poker would resemble moving on, the deal is that whatever we do on this improved pc gaming it should not take this far from their gambling establishments or the lottery or otherwise why would we do it since we'' re. currently obtaining revenues from that it should be something that can be applied easily and also the oversight would certainly be, we can do without being truly that intrusive so there are a whole lot of information that enter into this, I recognize other states have actually done online poker as well as done it efficiently we need to maintain discovering what we can from those states.We run out time ok so we ' ve obtained a great deal of ground today as well as sadly again we are lacking time I wish to thanks thank you a lot for joining us below today and also thank you for logging on for the governor ' s newest Facebook city center as well as of training course'for more information concerning Governor Wolf ' s budget proposition don ' t forget to follow him on Facebook as well as Twitter,'he ' s very energetic on there. Yes I appreciate that'and thanks quite for having me.
Okay, thanks for the invitation We'' ll obtain it on the schedule alright allow'' s relocate on to Erica from Downingtown she wants to know where we are in terms of equal rights for all Pennsylvanians in the location of work, medical care, housing, public lodgings as it connects to LGBTQ area and I'' m just going to read what he created as well because i assume it'' s that important.Every northeastern state has anti discrimination versus sexual positioning and also many don ' t permit discrimination against gender identification or expression. Yes yep we have a judgment, government court that goes back to May of 2014 that permits for of same-sex marital relationship and also marriage equality in Pennsylvania however Pennsylvania still does not have legislation, non-discrimination and I believe that is dreadful it is, Pennsylvania really has to move in not simply to be with various other states because it'' s the appropriate thing to do that we need to have non-discrimination regulations, there'' s some great costs in the General Assembly and I ' m hoping that they will certainly pass, as quickly as they obtain to my workdesk I will authorize them.Okay we ' re
going to rush along the last couple right here because we'' re running out of time we ' ve covered a great deal of ground Joseph from Wilkes-Barre claims you mentioned a retired life reward to reduce the state staff member labor force what is the motivation and also will that aid pension plan reform. It ' s great to get input from our Facebook followers.