Taxing shale gas right now would stymie further development over the next year or two because prices are so low - note that a tax akin to Palin's gas tax would not kick in at these prices.
The state's workers need the drilling jobs more than the state goverment needs the taxes - but try telling the lib morons in Harrisburg that.
I was recently at a shale gas event here in PA that had lots of Democrat politicians hanging around. And I literally have never seen so many dollar signs cha-ching-ching-chinging around in people’s eyes before.
Their environmentalist buddies are useful idiots. Ten seconds after they find a way to bluff Corbett into taxing this gas the enviros are goin’ under the bus.