Wolf Can’t Get Current Budget Done, Vows Severance Tax Next Year

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Will Pennsylvania's governor, Tom Wolf--the most liberal governor in America according to the nonpartisan website InsideGov--finally agree to a budget framework and budget to end a nearly six month delay he has caused? He promised to try and get the budget done by Thanksgiving--but you know all about politicians and promises. That promise is now out the door. The latest news we've been able to locate says Wolf's plan to hike the sales tax in order to give a break on property taxes is now dead. The one thing that every news account we read says is this: Wolf is promising to resurrect the issue of a Marcellus Shale severance next year and every year thereafter of what we predict will be a very short tenure as PA's governor. Wolf is fixated on raiding drillers and landowners in order to transfer their hard-earned money to those who don't earn money--teachers unions...

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