PA. House votes to exempt timber operations from sales tax - gift to Koch Brothers? [View all]

[JPZenger]

Today, the Pa. House voted to exempt all activities involving timbering from the 6% PA. State Sales and Use Tax. The bill was mainly sponsored by conservative Republicans.

The PA. State Constitution requires uniformity in taxation, which is why PA. is not allowed to have a progressive income tax, unlike many other states.

One Dem representative said he believes it was a gift to the Koch Brothers. The Koch Brothers own Koch Industries, which purchased the Georgia-Pacific Corporation. Georgia-Pacific not only produces lumber, but also makes hundreds of types of building materials and consumer paper products from wood products.