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Panich52

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4. They are 'freeloading' off PA residents

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 01:50 AM

Jan 2015

I don't think they pay income tax to PA but I'm not sure, either. But they 'freeload' in other ways, thanks to Corbett. If they got PA plates, they'd have to pay the increased PennDOT fees Corbett installed. Those are just part of the increased fees we pay to subsidize frackers. Fees were raised instead of making them pay to fix the damage to roads their vast truck traffic causes. Somehow I don't think they pay enough in sales taxes (or even gas taxes) to offset the fees.

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