BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES: … “I’m not saying that we ought to support Philadelphia’s schoolchildren because we’re trying to be good people,” [Tom] Wolf told the editorial board. “It’s going to be very expensive to incarcerate the children who do not receive a good education. It will be very expensive for the taxpayers of Pennsylvania to deal with the social problems that come about.”…
Earlier this year, Wolf released his 46-page white paper “Fresh Start for Pennsylvania,” which includes numerous conservation, education, health care and job training programs…
To pay for it all, Wolf proposes a 5 percent tax on Marcellus shale and a 30 percent tax on smokeless tobacco. Estimates on shale tax revenues vary widely, from $500 million to $1 billion annually. Smokeless tobacco could generate $60 million annually, his campaign estimates… (more)
