Political campaign commercials are the worst expression of modern media technology. Wolfy here is playing bigshot by wanting to make gas companies “pay up” by taxing them for drilling in PA, and he’s going to use the revenue to help pay for schools.
There’s no such thing as taxing a corporation, because the corporation always passes the cost on to consumers. Usually it’s in the form of higher consumer prices, or decreased services, or reduced hiring. Something like one of those things, always.
Of course, none of that could come into play if the cost of the tax is indirectly offset by some other commercial privilege the corporation enjoys, granted by the government (quick hint: if it’s a “corporation,” by definition it has to has some tie-in to the state). Tax laws are a reprehensible maze so unless you make a living off of making sense of the labyrinth, there’s no way to really be sure of the ins-and-outs. But either way, a taxpayer pays for it, not the corporation.
And in this case, people who own property and a vehicle (or perhaps take public transit) are paying twice for schools.
No doubt, a lot of people are stupid. Politicians are not, however. They know exactly what they are doing and saying and how it comes across.
At least his daughters are easy on the eyes, so eh?