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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR GIVES TAXPAYERS OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE TO SHELL OIL
HARRISBURG - A new proposal by Gov. Tom Corbett to give a long-term $1.7 billion state tax break for a planned Marcellus Shale gas petrochemical refinery in southwestern Pennsylvania is a late-emerging issue in the state budget debate.
The tax credit proposal for a $4 billion Shell Oil Co. plant came to light just as Corbett started negotiations last week with Republican legislative leaders over the final shape of the $27 billion state budget for fiscal 2012-13.
Lawmakers are pressing for more details about the proposal while at least two policy groups have criticized it as a corporate giveaway during a time when state aid to schools and human services is being cut.
http://thedailyreview.com/news/proposed-tax-break-for-shell-gas-cracker-plant-draws-debate-1.1327898
http://wonkette.com/475014/pennsylvania-governor-gives-taxpayers-opportunity-to-donate-to-shell-oil
onehandle
(51,122 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,331 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)environment for cash, anyway?
Why does Shell Oil need an incentive? They go where the gas/oil is.
Initech
(100,155 posts)It certainly isn't jobs or wages. That's for damn sure.