'Zombie' event staged at Oklahoma Capitol to support taxes

Anti-tax "zombies" in Oklahoma were stopped outside the entrance to the state Capitol on Saturday in a staged event by groups supporting tax increases to prevent cuts to health, education and other services.

The event by Together Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Policy Institute was filmed for videos to be posted on Facebook and Twitter and comes as state lawmakers are in special session to address a $215 million budget hole.

Charles Martin of Together Oklahoma says the group supports increasing gross production taxes on oil and gas from 2 percent to 7 percent, which would raise an estimated $400 million.

The increase has been opposed by the oil and gas industry.

"Gross production should be the first place that we look," Martin said. He said the group hopes that oil and gas companies and the wealthy should pay their fair share.

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