Inquirer Editorial: Impact fees a good start

From the INQUIRER:

Gov. Corbett’s industry-heavy advisory panel has recommended that gas drillers pay impact fees to cover damage to roads and the environment.

But lawmakers in Harrisburg should go further than that and enact a plan that makes drillers at least also pay their rightful share toward keeping Pennsylvania green.

During the roughly two years that a gas-drilling tax has been in dispute, the state has lost more than $200 million in potential revenue, according to a liberal-leaning Harrisburg think tank…

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EDITOR: If someone steals our car and in exchange offers to return the briefcase from the back seat, we don’t think we are getting a fair deal.

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