Vote for who you want. but the fact is that Corbett really DID NOT cut school taxes.The spending reductions in Corbetts first budget came as $1.3 billion in federal stimulus money that had been used to plug the state education budget over two years ran out. That left a hole in the budget. - See more at: readingeagle/news/article/fact-check-has-corbett-really-cut-funding-for-schools#sthash.VyWu8jpT.dpuf The claim that we are 49th in job creation? Corbett campaigned that he would cut government spending by cutting government jobs. He did. If Corbett had not cut government jobs, his non-farm job creation would have been 7% higher than it was landing PA much higher than the ad claims. And the gas tax? Do PA roads need to be fixed? Can you think of a better group of people to tax for the payment to better our roads than the road users? Almost a half-trillion dollars worth of goods and services travels through Pennsylvania in a given year and three quarters of it moves by truck.This is our link to the American economy and much of it begins on the loading docks of our factories, farms and small businesses. We cannot risk that commerce, the wealth it confers and the jobs it creates, to a failing transportation system. But for nearly two decades, that is what we have been doing, by neglecting a system that has not received proper funding since 1997. Through a combination of streamlined services and new revenues to build roads, repair bridges and bolster mass transit, the Corbett proposal will ensure job creation right now. See more at articles.mcall/2013-02-12/opinion/mc-pennsylvania-road-bridge-work-schoch-yv--20130212_1_oil-company-franchise-tax-mass-transit-tom-corbett And our current construction programs are additionally funded by the federal government by an additional 36%. PA will invest a total of 4.4 billion in its highways and bridges, 2.8 billion in state funding and 1.6 billion in federal funds. see more at pahouse/HACD/series/13/BB_TRAN_Background_012213_2.pdf How about gas extraction tax.. Did you know that PA charges companies a drilling tax, but not an extraction tax? In other words, the companies ARE paying taxes to do business in our state. But we could collect more.Advocates for the tax claim that it is designed to resemble West Virginias severance tax and would not discourage in-state drilling. Yet, West Virginia has seen a 20% increase in drilling activity in the last 10 years, while Pennsylvania, with no severance tax, has seen a 400% increase during the same period. Since, the beginning of 2009, West Virginia has added two additional drilling rigs, while Pennsylvania has added 56. And that adds jobs which also adds tax revenue. When considering the top 15 gas producing states tax structures, PAs severence tax is non-existent, however, PA ranks highest in the Top Corporate Income Tax at 9.99% and in State & Local Tax Burden As a Percentage of State Income (Rank) PA ranks 11th out 50. See more at energyfactspa/natural-gas/page/natural-gas-tax Again vote for who you wish, but please find out the facts about both candidates.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:19:59 +0000
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