Posted on 02/11/2015 4:31:51 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Gov. Tom Wolf outlined his proposal for a 5 percent severance tax on natural gas production, most of the proceeds of which will go toward education funding.
"It's not like this is out of the blue," he said, in a speech from a Chester County elementary school. "We're the only state in the union with natural resources without a severance tax."
The tax, which Wolf said was modeled after one in place in West Virginia, was a key component of his gubernatorial campaign.
(Excerpt) Read more at pennlive.com ...
The richest part of the state stealing from the poorest part of the state.
“Gov. Tom Wolf outlined his proposal for a 5 percent severance tax on natural gas production, most of the proceeds of which will go toward education funding.”
In other words down a black hole.
If anything it should go to infrastructure/highways.
Both the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Senate are Republican.
or to subsidize continued domestic petroleum extraction while OPEC is trying to bankrupt the industry.
I wonder how much in taxes is already being generated from natural gas drilling ?
“I see you have some money there. Give it to me.” —The Democrat Creed
Yeah, but they’re Pennsylvania Republicans
Pennsylvania ping.
“..We’re the only state in the union with natural resources without a severance tax.”
Decoded...”A great opportunity to further Obama’s Marxist anti-energy agenda...”
It will be less now.
More like “Gov. Tom Wolf outlines plans for 5% increase in PA unemployment.”
If there’s money changing hands anywhere, you can bet there will be some government leech demanding a share of it.
I'd rather have Pennsylvania Republicans holding the legislature than New Jersey Democrats any day.
Yeah, it’s DOA.
If you see posts of interest to Pennsylvanians, please ping me.
Thanks!
Thanks lightman for the heads up
Not much of a surprise here. Probably not a bad idea to contact one's local reps.
Side note, Kid ... every time is see your name here on FR, a song gets stuck in my head. I hate when that happens:
Well now friends just lend an ear
For you're now about to hear
The ballad of Cat Ballou
It's a song that's newly made
And Professor Sam The Shade
And the Sunrise Kid are singin' it for you
Cat Ballou, Cat Ballou
It's a hangin' day in Wolf City, Wyomin'
Wolf City, Wyomin', eighteen ninety four
They're gonna drop Cat Ballou
Through the gallows floor
She killed a man in Wolf City, Wyomin'
Wolf City, Wyomin', killed a man it's true
And that is why they're a-hangin'
Hangin' Cat Ballou
She has the smile of an ange
l (Fights like the Devil)
The eyes of an angel
(Bites like the Devil)
The face of an angel
(I say she's the Devil)
(She's mean and evil through and through)
Cat Ballou, Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou
She's mean and evil through and through
With her outlaw band they're now tellin' a story
Now tellin' a story how she rode the plain
The wildest gal in the We-est
Since Calamity Jane
And today's the day that she's goin' to glory
She's goin' to glory for the way she sinned
They'll be a-speedin' her soul
On a wayward wind
She has the smile of an angel
(Fights like the Devil)
The eyes of an angel
(Bites like the Devil)
The face of an angel
(I say she's the Devil)
(She's mean and evil through and through)
Cat Ballou (Cat Ballou)
Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou (Cat Ballou)
She's mean and evil through and through
Cat Ballou, Cat Ball-ou-ou-ou
She's mean and evil through and through
HAAA!!! see my profile.
“The richest part of the state stealing from the poorest part of the state.”
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BINGO! That pretty well sums it up.
Correct! He is another Obama Goose stepping clone. Tax and spend, give to the unions and destroy the energy business of Pennsylvania.
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