Why are people totally against taxes on energy companies?

I tried asking this question a week ago and it got deleted. So, to clarify, I am not attempting to be vulgar and I am not trying to attack anybody personally, please don't delete me because I never got an answer to my question. I live in Pennsylvania, and our new governor (Tom Corbett) decided that he was going to slash the budget for education; some schools have cuts of up to fifty percent. I understand the need for occasional tax increases and budget cuts, but what makes me very mad is that he doesn't want to tax the energy companies because it will "create jobs". For every job we gain from energy companies, we lose from the education system; the purpose is defeated. Why should these gas companies keep practically every penny they make off of the gas while teachers are losing jobs left and right? I believe it's perfectly fair that they should have to pay to drill on public property, especially when they could end up destroying the community. We should be investing in our youth before we invest in Corbett's gas company buddies that funded his campaign. In response to all this criticism, commercials (funded by gas companies oddly enough) were made with "normal" people stating why they believe a tax on the energy business is a bad idea. I saw stay at home mom, masonry contractor, retiree and retired navy, oddly enough I didn't see "economic expert". The fact that these people may buy gas to fill up their cars and to keep their homes warm certainly doesn't suggest that they are economic geniuses. Yes, the industry is creating jobs; low paying, dangerous jobs with deplorable working conditions. Wouldn't it be better to have more teachers and special school programs in our world as so our children can have a quality education? Everyone thinks teachers are greedy monsters, when they pay for most of the class materials themselves. Anyway, it just doesn't make sense to me that we should be helping out the energy industry (which is plenty rich already) when schools are losing programs as basic as Spanish and Music.