Posts Tagged oil subsidies
Priorities, People!
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on April 28th, 2012
Well, I see that Congressional Republicans bowed to the inevitable–aka looming voter outrage–and passed an extension of the measure to keep student loan interest rates at their current levels. The rates would have doubled without congressional action, and while the Tea Party faction supported letting the rates increase (who cares about those snotty little elitists [...]
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Speaking of Gushers….
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Public Policy and Governance on March 30th, 2012
American taxpayers subsidize the giant oil companies to the tune of 4 billion dollars a year. The American tax code contains a variety of provisions that make oil production one of the most heavily subsidized businesses in the country, with tax breaks available at virtually every stage of the exploration and extraction process. According to [...]
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