HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: If we were betting people, we would wager that when the Pennsylvania Legislature returns to Harrisburg this week, it will once again fail to pass a meaningful Marcellus Shale bill…
Never mind that every other major gas-drilling state in America has a severance tax, even conservative states such as Texas.
Never mind that two-thirds of Pennsylvania voters want a tax, including a vast majority of Republicans. …
Never mind that the state struggled to close a $4 billion budget deficit last year and is running a half-billion behind in revenue collections this year… (more)
