Pa. budget

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is without a budget. The Republican Senate and the Democratic Governor are unable to find common ground. In any government budget, proposed cuts are frequently in areas with vocal support. There is a great lamentation to save that line item. Thus, it is restored in whole or in part, and the process continues. Perhaps zero budgeting should be considered. No item is sacred. Every item is reviewed. Is this still needed. Does it address a need that has changed or no longer needed? Every unit of government has limited resources. Is this line item filling a vital need of government and/ or the common good. For example: public safety, health, education,transportation, economic vitality, in short is the cost justified by the public good? Government can and should not try to do all things nor can it right every wrong, but neither should it abandon the weak and vulnerable among us. Government should plan and build for the future. Good schools, roads, mass transportation, health care, are examples of investments in our future that build a better world today and a brighter future for all od our people. Come on state government pass a budget that looks to the future of all and not just the political fortunes of a few.