From the READING EAGLE:
…In his budget speech to lawmakers, Corbett said, “This budget sorts the must-haves from the nice-to-haves.”
We don’t think of a quality education as being merely nice to have. In the global economy, it’s vital for maintaining competitiveness. Gov. Ed Rendell recognized this, supported it, and the improvement in test scores reflected it. But Corbett shifted money from education to pay increased expenditures on state pensions and debts.
Meanwhile, he adamantly opposes levying a severance tax – which other gas-producing states have – on natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale. According to Rep. Greg Vitali, Delaware County, the tax could generate an estimated $245 million in fiscal year 2011-12 and almost $570 million by 2015…
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