True Duff, but there are ways to exempt landowners. I don't expect the companies to pay the tax on the royalty owners gas. The state would have to let them deduct the royalty share of the gas and then pay the tax only on their share .
No disagreement with that, at least not quickly. But it misses the point:
Point is, while there might be several
legal ways for Wolf to protect landowners from his severance tax, he has not announced support for any of those approaches. Instead he is saying the new law should, in effect, seek to overturn leases. Wolf promotes that approach knowing it never will fly. Obama used the same sort of ruse when he LOUDLY proclaimed people would be able to keep their doctors and plans. Obama knew that was a lie. Wolf also knows he is lying, but he does not care so long as enough people support him to where he gets his severance tax passed into law.
Once a PA severance tax goes into effect, it will remain in effect long after we ALL are dead, including Wolf. But he will die with a smile on his ugly face knowing he was successful in screwing over landowners and redistributing our money to the city people who support him.