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allrevvedup

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8. Payback for this I suspect...

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 07:58 AM

Oct 2012

21:34:16: Obama: The oil industry gets $4 billion a year in corporate welfare. Basically, they get deductions that those small businesses that Governor Romney refers to, they don't get.

Now, does anybody think that ExxonMobil needs some extra money, when they're making money every time you go to the pump? Why wouldn't we want to eliminate that? Why wouldn't we eliminate tax breaks for corporate jets? My attitude is, if you got a corporate jet, you can probably afford to pay full freight, not get a special break for it.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/15792/presidential-debate-transcript-romney-wins-first-presidential-debate

Oil companies count on their benefits, too!

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something's "Koch"ing...one part of a series of an October surprise. lexw Oct 2012 #5

Payback for this I suspect... allrevvedup Oct 2012 #8

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Can't blame it on refineries or shortages. Gasoline is now the country's biggest export. PSPS Oct 2012 #11

That's a Big Oil talking point KamaAina Oct 2012 #16

The Koch............... SILVER__FOX52 Oct 2012 #10

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Glad to see our elected Democratic officials right on that, too...! villager Oct 2012 #14

Refinery outages, pipeline closures, whatever. tdog8 Oct 2012 #15

This would be a good time for people to try out L.A.'s new, expanded transit system KamaAina Oct 2012 #17

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wait, what? shanti Oct 2012 #19

I don't think it goes over the actual Grapevine KamaAina Oct 2012 #20

thanks for the info shanti Oct 2012 #21

And yet the USA is EXPORTING 50% MORE oil than four years ago... Bandit Oct 2012 #22

rampant collusion and price fixing--they already know they can do it in California librechik Oct 2012 #23