[clue-talk] oil...

[Grant Johnson]

> We do get something out of it. The companies PAY for the right to
> lease the resources. With our high corporate taxes (ever wonder why
> more and more companies are moving off shore?), we also get fantastic
> amounts of cash handed over to the government to finance all those
> well-loved socialist programs. And please don't tell me you think the
> government should run the show. There's the old adage/truth: If you
> put the US government in charge of Saudi Arabia, within a few months
> there would be a shortage of sand. Private companies can always do it
> more efficiently.
>
>   

Not just corporate income taxes.   There are also mineral extraction 
taxes.   Ever wonder why Wyoming has no income tax, and all of the other 
taxes are low?   The companies pulling coal out of the ground pay for 
everything.

BTW, you could raise the taxes on them, but, it would just raise the 
price at the pump, on your electric bill, and on your heat bill.   Don't 
worry about who pays the taxes, YOU do.