To: The Pennsylvania State House, The Pennsylvania State Senate, and Governor Tom Wolf
Tax the frackers!
Create a tax structure that collects revenues from oil and gas companies that are benefiting from tax-free extraction of natural resources in the Commonwealth. Dedicate these taxes to funding public primary and secondary education for all children of the Commonwealth. Funding would support hiring educators, improving educational resources and school programs, and repairing and modernizing our school buildings.
Why is this important?
Since Gov. Corbett took office he has cut funding for primary and secondary education by over a billion dollars. At the same time, He's allowed the give away of Commonwealth natural resources, worth billions, to oil and gas companies. We call for a tax for the extraction of these resources to the benefit the education of the children of the Commonwealth!