Two-thirds of PA Voters Support Tax on Natural Gas Extraction
1 min readFrom The Patriot-News
by Don Gilliland
A new poll shows a strong majority of Pennsylvania voters — of all political persuasions — support a tax on the gas being extracted from the Marcellus Shale.
More than two-thirds — 70 percent — of voters across the state support the tax, including 62 percent of registered Republicans, according to the poll conducted by Susquehanna Polling Research. A Majority — 52 percent — say they strongly support it.