The Courts are now looking at gerrymandering. When Pennsylvania has a population that is about equally split between Democrats and Republicans, yet divides its congressional seats in a 13-to-5 split, things are messed up.

Currently, voting districts are about equal in population; the next step is to make all districts about equal in party affiliation. Instead of having one district 20 percent Democratic and 80 percent Republican, each district should be about 50 percent Democrat and 50 percent Republican.

Without equal party representation each district represents only about half of its voters and each district becomes stagnant. Only Democrats run in Democratic districts and only Republicans run in Republican districts.

Compare this to centuries ago when throughout Europe, a family ran a country. The ruling family suffered from inbreeding, which led to genetically defective individuals unable to rule effectively.

Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania has similarly led to the inability of the elected Legislature to run the commonwealth. This is evident when the Legislature in unable to create an on-time budget.

The founding fathers recognized the importance of a budget by making it a prime duty of the Legislature. The inability of the Legislature to create a budget is damning evidence that its members are incompetent.

Larry Busack, Monaca