A tradition is brewing In Salt Lake City where, every Saturday in the summer, a group of senior citizens who regularly meet and gab at a local coffee shop are offering up free advice to anyone who visits their booth at a farmer’s market, under the banner reading “Old Coots Giving Advice.” But don’t anyone expect all their advice to be good. (Dear Abby, they are not.) Steve Hartman talked with the Old Coots about their pearls of wisdom mixed in with the jokes.
The valuable advice of “Old Coots”
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Jun 5, 2025 | 8:09 PM

BREAKING THE BUDGET IMPASSE
What should be done to break the impasse in approving Pennsylvania’s budget?
Increase income taxes to pay for more spending.
Draw down the state's rainy day funds to pay for more spending.
Tax the so-called "skill games" machines to pay for more spending.
Legalize recreational marijuana to pay for more spending.
We don't need more spending, we need less! No new taxes!
We do need to increase spending on some programs, but there's plenty of wasteful spending we should cut. No new taxes!
Voting Ends: Oct 7, 2025 | 12:00 PM