July 2021 - MBA Business Magazine

Carl A. Marrara is the vice president of Government Affairs at the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association. For more information, visit   www.pamanufacturers.org. Five months ago, Governor Wolf proposed a 50-percent personal income tax increase, an almost doubling of the state minimum wage, another tax on natural gas production, mandatory unitary combined reporting and other uncompetitive ideas. The General Assembly pushed back and awaited promised state assistance from the federal government before proposing a plan. The $7.2 billion...