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What in the name of liberty is a “competitive” tax?
Posted on September 13, 2010 | No CommentsYou have to hand it to Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Dan Onorato. He may have just set a new standard for big government progressive economic ignorance with his notion of a “competitive” tax. Speaking on the subject of Marcellus Shale in Easton PA Onorato said... -
Should states compete to see which one can collect the most taxes?
Posted on September 9, 2010 | No CommentsIn the America envisioned by the Founding Fathers the individual states would be competing with one another to provide the best environment for free market activities in which their citizens could participate and prosper. States would not be competing to see which could collect the... -
Did PA DEP bash Marcellus Shale drillers for failing to report they had nothing to report?
Posted on September 8, 2010 | No CommentsIt appears the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) may have taken some of the Marcellus Shale drilling companies to the woodshed for “failing to report” that they had “nothing to report” as of August 15, 2010. One can easily see why PA DEP... -
Fees a Marcellus Shale cost of doing business; severance tax remains a bad idea
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsDemocratic candidate for Governor Dan Onorato is looking for something to chip away at Republican Tom Corbett’s lead in the polls. Onorato will accuse Corbett of flip flopping on a no tax pledge over the issue of whether or not fees were included in the... -
PA DEP acts swiftly to protect citizens from potential Marcellus Shale disaster
Posted on August 28, 2010 | No CommentsThe good citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can all sleep better knowing that their Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has posted the names of companies that did not submit a Marcellus Shale gas well production report by August 15, 2010. Failure to submit... -
Marcellus Shale; Pooling and Property Rights
Posted on August 27, 2010 | No CommentsYou know something is fishy when progressives claim to be taking positions on something out of concern for the property rights of individuals. Why do genuine concern for individual property rights and progressive not go together? Because the progressive agenda requires control of an ever... -
Jennifer “Chevy Volt” Granholm; real American, and really, really, really dumb
Posted on August 6, 2010 | No CommentsJennifer, just for the record, describing the Chevy Volt as an overpriced lemon is quite unfair. The national lemon lobby will be outraged at such a blatant attempt to demean lemons in that way. The Chevy Volt sets a new standard for cars that should... -
Forget Marcellus Shale; let’s turn Pennsylvania into a wildlife preserve
Posted on August 5, 2010 | No CommentsLet’s just be done with it and make the state of Pennsylvania the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) of the east coast and a ward of the federal government. After all why would the good citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania want to see their... -
A Management and Process Look at PEC’s Marcellus Shale Report
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsThe most enlightened policy and well thought out regulations are not worth a tinker’s damn without sound management and work processes and procedures that are faithfully executed. Reading the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) report “Developing the Marcellus Shale” it occurred to me that there is... -
Electric car batteries; hype, reality, and subsidies, oh my!!
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsBattery powered cars are going nowhere without huge government subsidies. This is not the road we should be on to achieve an American energy renaissance. A look at the current state of automobile battery technology indicates that despite the recent hoopla about the Obama Motors...