Student Resources for Debate

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Severance Tax Debate

Support...

Make the Gas Industry Pay - Editorial

Pennsylvania 5% Tax - News Article

Protestors Want Rule for Natural Gas Drilling - Pittsburg KDKA News Report (Video)

Representative Ledvansky (R) (District 39) - Don't wait to enact the severance tax (Video)

Opposition...

Patience Will Yield Greatest Payoff - Editorial

Rendell Tax Unfair - News Article

Nat Gas Drillers to Fight PA Tax Plan - News Article

Representative Tina Pickett (R) (District 110) against severance tax & in favor of leasing state forest land (Video)

Representative Scott Hutchinson (R) (District 64) - A severance tax will kill the industry before it gets started (Video)

Representative Brian Ellis (R) (District 11) opposes the severance tax (Video)

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Tax Revenue Distribution

Local Share of Severance Tax Debated - News Article

Gas Severance Tax Revenue Distribution - Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center

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State Land Leasing for Drilling

Democrats Urge Governor to Stop Leasing State Forest for Gas Drilling - Environmental Digest

DCNR Weighs in on Leasing of State Land and Gas Tax - River Reporter Online Journal

Representative Dave Reed (R) (District 62) supports leasing of state forest land as better alternative to severance tax (Video)

Representative Dave Reed (R) (District 62) explains revenue from Republican proposal (Video)

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Economic Impact on Communities

Economic Impact - League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Extraction Study 2009-2010