Letter of Opposition to HB 1950: Marcellus Shale Tax
On behalf of Americans for Prosperity-Pennsylvania's 110,000 activists statewide, we ask you to consider voting no on HB1950.

For the following reasons, the Legislature and the Governor must resist and oppose all efforts to impose any new tax:

* To position this new ‘fee’ or ‘impact fee’ as something other than a “tax” is dishonest. Individuals and business owners recognize that there is no difference.

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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

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