Today the Pennsylvania Senate passed HB 1950, the Marcellus Shale Tax Bill, with a vote of 31-19. An involuntary financial assessment, by any name, is a tax. Call it what they like, but the proposed ‘impact fee’ coming from proponents in the House and Senate is nothing short of a new tax. Regardless of the proposed usage of the new revenue stream, or for what nice sounding purposes it is promoted, the fact remains this is a new tax. Whether the proposed fee is for $25,000 per well per year, or for $50,000 per well, as sought by some Legislators, the result is the same. A promise is a promise. If Governor Corbett signs off on this “impact fee” it boils down to a new tax, and a broken promise to the taxpayers.

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Original Post at BigGovernment.com by Roger Stone

As the price of oil shoots through the roof because of political instability, and the inability of the Obama Administration to say yes to Canadian oil and thousands of jobs, we have to turn to other energy sources. Fortunately, there’s a cleaner and safer opportunity in natural gas right here in the United States

Sign the pledge supporting the parents, teachers and children of Neshaminy against the Union Bosses!

The Neshaminy School Board in Bucks County has been fighting the Union Bosses for three years to stop them from a greedy money grab that would cut student programs and jeopardize the kids’ education.

Here's just some of the outrageous and greedy demands of the Union Bosses:

*$30,000,000 (that’s 30 million dollars) in increases above the current budget for retroactive pay, salary increases and benefits!

*Retirement after 10 years and "retirement bonuses” of $27,500 for all district teachers.

*Free health insurance for those retirees which has cost the district a whopping $35,000,000 (that’s 35 MILLION dollars)!

These same Union Bosses, back in 2002, negotiated themselves a sweetheart deal that not only bankrupted the school district but