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Cake instead of paychecks

State employees in the Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania had a message for Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday: "Let us eat cake!"

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Cake instead of paychecks

POSTED: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 11:44 AM

Jeff Shields

State employees in the Westmoreland County in western Pennsylvania had a message for Gov. Ed Rendell on Monday: “Let us eat cake!”

According to the anonymous worker who had this cake made up, the workers pooled their money Monday for a tasty dessert that shows a classic 1999 Daily News photo of Rendell stuffing his face with the 1 billionth cheesesteak.

It was a way to take their minds off the budget crisis and the fact, as noted by the cake, that no money would be coming their way in the form of paychecks.

“The cake symbolizes…the audacity of the Governor and legislators dining on steak and what-not while state workers are being forced to resort to applying for food stamps because a budget cannot be passed,” said the worker, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of losing her currently non-paying job.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:16 PM, 07/22/2009

go out and produce instead of leeching off of the public nipple.

— give me liberty or death

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:41 PM, 07/22/2009

CRY ME A RIVER. ALL YOU DEMOCRATS VOTED HIM IN, TWICE. LETS SEE, WHAT HAS HE ACCOMPLISHED? ANY NEW MANUFACTURING? NO. ANY CLEVER ENTREPRENURIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS? NO. HMM, JUST GAMBLING. NOW THAT IS FORWARD THINKING.

— dolce