When Corbett raised the gas tax, he set himself up for some Democrat to pulverize him on not taxing the natural gas extraction.
They can wage class warfare on that level saying the little guys pay at the pump while the big guys pay nothing.
Gas extraction is taxed at 11 percent in North Dakota and the industry hasn’t been crushed there.
Sarah Palin fought to get the energy industry to pay some tax while they exploited Alaska’s natural resources.
There was prosperity along with the taxation.
She found a crony relationship between the Republican political machine and the energy industry when she chaired the oil and gas commission there.
Democrats protect a union in Pennsylvania by not allowing liquor sales in private stores instead of state stores.
Are Republicans protecting the natural gas industry by not taxing extraction????
Thanks for the explanation.
The Gas Industry should be paying some type of tax for the value they are extracting from the state.
My fear, as always, is how the tax dollars might be squandered.