We're already the most taxed industry in the state. We don't mind paying our fair share, but we don't want to pay more than that.

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From that viewpoint, it's as good as it could get with a business tax.

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I think we'll keep going on as we are. I don't see anything on the horizon that will create a drastic change. Barring another Hurricane Katrina, it should be business as usual.

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We were working with the Railroad Commission to get it done rather than to get a bill passed in the legislature. I'm not fully in favor of everything they're doing.

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We got what we asked the committee for. We asked them, if they instituted a business tax, that we get to deduct the severance tax. We got more than we asked for.

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