The Carmela Ciliberti Show

Carmela Ciliberti

In her decades long career, Carmela worked in the private sector and struggled against unelected and unqualified bureaucrats. Using her legal training, regulatory background, and wisdom earned from working with bloated government agencies, Carmela breaks down Pennsylvania’s political issues making the case for limited government. read less
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Brace for State Tax Increases
Mar 17 2023
Brace for State Tax Increases
Politicians from both sides of the isle seek to confiscate your earnings in PA budget negotiations. Sources:Milton Friedman The Role of Government in a Free Societyhttps://youtu.be/oWIrbS0dXRMMilton Friedman on Minimum Wagehttps://youtu.be/Eh59xNCYcqcGov. Shapiro Inaugural Addresshttps://www.youtube.com/live/9WLmzTl0kjs?feature=shareGov. Shapiro State’s Budget Addresshttps://www.c-span.org/video/?526536-1/pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro-outlines-priorities-budget-address&live=House Response https://www.pahousegop.com/statebudget23Senate Responsehttps://www.pasenategop.com/news/senate-republican-leaders-reaffirm-commitment-to-passing-a-responsible-budget/Commonwealth Foundation Responds to Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Prioritieshttps://youtu.be/RYrpLVQo0MsCommonwealth Foundation Shapiro paid homage to conservative ideas in his budget address.  Will he get them done?https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/shapiro-budget-address-school-choice-rggi-20230313.htmlRevenue from legal weed on radar in Shapiro’s first budgethttps://www.pennlive.com/news/2023/03/revenue-from-legal-weed-on-radar-in-shapiros-first-budget.htmlSix Notable Proposals in Shapiro’s First Budget Addresshttps://www.mcall.com/2023/03/08/paul-muschick-six-proposals-in-gov-shapiros-first-budget-address-that-you-may-not-have-heard-about-but-should/How much do state government workers make?https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2023/03/how-much-do-state-government-workers-make-more-are-seeing-200k-pay.htmlIn a rare bipartisan move, the Pa. legislature approves a new home repair assistance programhttps://www.wesa.fm/development-transportation/2022-07-12/in-a-rare-bipartisan-move-the-pa-legislature-approves-a-new-home-repair-assistance-program?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2cWgBhDYARIsALggUhq3xM2RVUXiebjF1toZhNvLAImjMBta5xpxjrSpYToos7cwPKSHQykaApktEALw_wcBHouse Vote on SB 1100, July 2022https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2021&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=1125Senate Vote on SB 1100, July 2022https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2021&sess_ind=0&rc_body=S&rc_nbr=710
Sexual Harassment Goes Unchecked in State House
Mar 8 2023
Sexual Harassment Goes Unchecked in State House
New House Speaker McClinton fails victims of sexual harassment.Sources:Rozzi Ruleshttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2023&sind=0&body=H&type=R&bn=1Special House Session – Day 2 February 23, 2023https://www.youtube.com/live/B6dX20oOctk?feature=share House Session – February 28, 2023https://www.youtube.com/live/mPnhmxEMLNU?feature=shareHouse Session – March 1, 2023https://www.youtube.com/live/No_fKcLAPh8?feature=shareInside Joanna McClinton’s quick rise to becoming Pennsylvania’s first female speaker of the Househttps://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/joanna-mcclinton-speaker-harrisburg-democrats-pennsylvania-20230228.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mnl_3_1_2023&clickText=inside-joanna-mc-clintons-quick-rise-to-become-pennsylvanias-first-female-speaker-of-the-house&clickHeader=inside-joanna-mc-clintons-quick-rise-to-become-pennsylvanias-first-female-speaker-of-the-house&sfmc_id=0031U00002BgyAlQAJ⊂_source=daily_morning_newsletter&list_name=DE08_Daily_Morning_Newsletter∫_promo=newsletter&et_rid=703036891PA House Dems Knew About Zabel but Did Nothing, GOP Women Sayhttps://delawarevalleyjournal.com/pa-house-dems-knew-about-zabel-but-did-nothing-gop-women-say/ Andi Perez, January 27, 2023 - Allegation of Sexual Harassmenthttps://youtu.be/Gb_ERHUgVL8 Pa. lawmaker accused of sexual harassment says he won’t resign, will seek treatment for ‘illness’https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/03/pa-mike-zabel-sexual-harassment-allegations-wont-resign-letter/?mc_cid=27661e2a3a&mc_eid=d894bdff11More Than a Dozen Female Representatives Call on Zabel to Resign, Says Marcellhttps://www.repmarcell.com/Display/SiteFiles/472/OtherDocuments/2023/MarcellZabelletter3-6-2023.pdf New Pa. House rules expand who can file a sexual harassment complaint against lawmakershttps://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/03/pa-house-rules-sexual-harassment-committees-legislation/?mc_cid=8d3fc9d27c&mc_eid=d894bdff11Lobbyist says she was sexually harassed by Pa. lawmaker Mike Zabel, calls on him to resignhttps://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/03/pa-house-mike-zabel-alleged-sexual-har
They're Ba'ack: Manipulation and Lies on the House Floor
Feb 27 2023
They're Ba'ack: Manipulation and Lies on the House Floor
Review of the House special session, House Bill 1 and 2, and the manipulative tactics used by proponents of big government.Sources:Rozzi Announces Special Session:  https://youtu.be/R7xfhCzzjHEGOP Press Conference: https://livestream.com/pahousegop/events/10781741/videos/235138119Rozzi’s Rules: https://youtu.be/SRydgOBU5ysSpecial House Session – House Bill 1: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2023&sind=1&body=H&type=B&bn=1 Special House Session – House Bill 2: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2023&sind=1&body=H&type=B&bn=2 Pressure now on Pa. Senate to provide child sexual abuse survivors with chance for justice https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2023/02/pressure-now-on-pa-senate-to-provide-child-sexual-abuse-survivors-with-chance-for-justice.html Child abuse survivors wait for justice, healing as CVA deadline passes with nearly 10K lawsuits filed by Sean Lahman, Diana Dombrowski, and Saba Ali, Rochester Democrat and Chroniclehttps://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/08/13/child-victims-act-new-york-deadline-passes-thousands-lawsuits-filed/5553602001/ Expanding Statutes of Limitations for Sex Crimes: Bad Public Policy by Michael Vitiellohttps://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1674&context=facultyarticles Special House Session – Day 1 Feb 21, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/live/JHWPzq1sSPQ?feature=shareSpecial House Session – Day 2 February 23, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/live/B6dX20oOctk?feature=share Special House Session – Day 3 February 24, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/live/yC6BtQTW4hk?feature=share
Post Election Part 2 – Humans, 5,000 Years of Stupid
Dec 15 2022
Post Election Part 2 – Humans, 5,000 Years of Stupid
Sources“With majority at stake, Pa. House Republicans sue to block Democratic-scheduled special elections”https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/12/pa-house-majority-special-elections-republican-lawsuit/?mc_cid=e1e41043a8&mc_eid=d894bdff11“Dispute over Pa. House special elections, control likely heading to court”https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2022/12/pa-2022-election-state-house-specials-joanna-mcclinton/ “McClinton sworn in as House Majority Leader”https://www.pahouse.com/InTheNews/NewsRelease/?id=126946 “House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler Sworn-in to Office”https://www.pahousegop.com/News/31631/Latest-News/House-Republican-Leader-Bryan-Cutler-Sworn-in-to-Office Meghan Trainor - NOhttps://youtu.be/cMTAUr3Nm6I “America’s Ballot-Harvesting Capital Is in Suburban Philly”https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2022/12/05/americas_ballot-harvesting_capital_is_in_suburban_philly_868382.html Florida Election Statisticshttps://www.dos.myflorida.com/elections/data-statistics/voter-registration-statistics/voter-registration-reports/voter-registration-by-party-affiliation/https://countyballotfiles.floridados.gov/VoteByMailEarlyVotingReports/PublicStatsPennsylvania Election Statisticshttps://www.dos.pa.gov/VotingElections/OtherServicesEvents/VotingElectionStatistics/Pages/VotingElectionStatistics.aspxhttps://www.vote.pa.gov/About-Elections/Pages/Election-Results.aspxhttps://www.vote.pa.gov/About-Elections/Documents/2022-11-11-PADOS_BEST_ENRSupplementalBoard_2022General.pdf“Pennsylvania Republicans reconsider their war on mail voting”https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/02/pennsylvania-republican-mail-voting-00071713?mc_cid=d6ba6b553d&mc_eid=d894bdff11The New American Commentary, Exodus – Broadman and Holman Publishers 2006, ISBN 10: 0-8054-0102-4https://faithlife.com/store/product/3324/exodus
Krasner Update: Who are you going to believe – Larry or your lying eyes?
Nov 2 2022
Krasner Update: Who are you going to believe – Larry or your lying eyes?
Sources (Date Order) NBC10: Out of Prison, Former DA Seth Williams Is Working for Anti-Violence Group, Speaking Out – February 26, 2021https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/investigators/seth-williams-former-district-attorney-convicted-philadelphia/2721560/The Editors: Where are they now? Many Krasner employees with troubled histories still employed – Sep 7, 2021https://broadandliberty.com/2021/09/07/many-krasner-employees-with-troubled-histories-still-employed/ The Red State Murder Problem – March 15, 2022https://www.thirdway.org/report/the-red-state-murder-problemManhattan Institute: Breaking Down the 2020 Homicide Spike – May 18, 2022https://www.manhattan-institute.org/breaking-down-the-2020-homicide-spikeFox 29: 'Philadelphia voted for me': DA Larry Krasner stands firm on policies, says he won't resign as violence rises – September 28, 2022https://www.fox29.com/news/da-larry-krasner-good-day-philadelphia-city-violence-impeachment-effortsNY Post: Dems’ shameless ploy to blame crime rise on ‘red states’ – October 11, 2022https://nypost.com/2022/10/11/dems-shameless-ploy-to-blame-crime-rise-on-red-states/?utm_source=url_sitebuttons&utm_medium=site%20buttons&utm_campaign=site%20buttonsKrasner Press Conference – October 20, 2022https://youtu.be/kWtTLqbxupIThe Washington Post: The ‘Red State Murder Problem’? That’s Just a Democratic-Driven Myth – October 20, 2022https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-red-state-murder-problem-thats-just-a-democratic-driven-myth/Pennsylvania House Republican leaders announce filing of Articles of Impeachment against Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner – October 26, 2022https://www.pahousegop.com/Video/LatestVideo ReasonTV: Philly DA: Stop the 'false narratives' about progressive prosecutors – October 26, 2022https://youtu.be/Hwd_U4t57hAHR 240https://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2021&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=R&billNbr=0240&pn=3607
Convention of States - Part 2
Aug 22 2022
Convention of States - Part 2
In this episode Carmela continues to explore the proposed Article V Convention of the States recently contemplated in the Pennsylvania Legislature.  The purpose of this exploration is to provide you the necessary historical evidence to evaluate the proposal and come to your own conclusion on the merits. Sources: Amending America: If We Love the Constitution So Much, why Do We Keep Trying to Change It? By Richard B. Bernstein, Jerome Agel, Time Books, 1993Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Volume 40, Number 1, April 2017. Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Constitution Was Not The Product of a Runaway Convention By Michael Farrishttp://www.harvard-jlpp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/03/Farris_FINAL.pdfThe Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal ConstitutionVolume 1, By James Madison, United States. Constitutional Convention 1836https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Debates_in_the_Several_State_Convent/ZF00AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP11&printsec=frontcoverThe Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009.https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-00-00-02Annals of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.htmlProposed Amendments to the Articles of Confederationhttp://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1587 Rhode Island in the Continental Congress: With the Journal of the Convention that Adopted the Constitution By William Read Stapleshttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZegKpSs4Km4C&lpg=PR46&ots=_v1oJJEXk1&dq=james%20manning%20rhode%20island%20constitutional%20convention&pg=PR46#v=onepage&q=james%20manning%20rhode%20island%20constitutional%20convention&f=falseThe American Constitution – A Documentary Record – Ratification and Formation of the Governmenthttps://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/constpap.aspConvention of Stateshttps://conventionofstates.com/
Convention of States - Part 1
Aug 22 2022
Convention of States - Part 1
In this episode Carmela explores the proposed Article V Convention of the States recently contemplated in the Pennsylvania Legislature.  The purpose of this exploration is to provide you the necessary historical evidence to evaluate the proposal and come to your own conclusion on the merits. Sources: Amending America: If We Love the Constitution So Much, why Do We Keep Trying to Change It? By Richard B. Bernstein, Jerome Agel, Time Books, 1993Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Volume 40, Number 1, April 2017. Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Constitution Was Not The Product of a Runaway Convention By Michael Farrishttp://www.harvard-jlpp.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2017/03/Farris_FINAL.pdfThe Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal ConstitutionVolume 1, By James Madison, United States. Constitutional Convention 1836https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Debates_in_the_Several_State_Convent/ZF00AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP11&printsec=frontcoverThe Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009.https://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-00-00-02Annals of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.htmlProposed Amendments to the Articles of Confederationhttp://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1587 Rhode Island in the Continental Congress: With the Journal of the Convention that Adopted the Constitution By William Read Stapleshttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZegKpSs4Km4C&lpg=PR46&ots=_v1oJJEXk1&dq=james%20manning%20rhode%20island%20constitutional%20convention&pg=PR46#v=onepage&q=james%20manning%20rhode%20island%20constitutional%20convention&f=falseThe American Constitution – A Documentary Record – Ratification and Formation of the Governmenthttps://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/constpap.aspConvention of Stateshttps://conventionofstates.com/