From the INQUIRER:
As new taxes go, a levy on natural-gas drilling in Pennsylvania would seem like a pretty easy political sell. Two-thirds of the state’s voters support the idea, several polls indicate.
Every other major natural-gas-producing state has some sort of tax, and some of the biggest drillers have said they wouldn’t oppose one here so long as it was reasonable…
Former Gov. Ed Rendell says he struck a deal with industry leaders in an evening meeting at the governor’s mansion in the fall – only to see it evaporate the next night in negotiations with Republican legislators…
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EDITOR: It is clear that Corbett would rather reduce spending on education and other societal needs rather than tax his major political contributors.
