Tax Breaks for Big Oil?

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Source via EcoWatch: Company profit reports, OpenSecrets.org, “Lobbying Spending Database Oil & Gas 2013.” available at https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/indusclient.php?id=E01

In its article “Despite $93 Billion in Profits, Big Oil Demands Continued Tax Breaks,” EcoWatch describes “why, despite their outsized earnings, the oil companies are not only fighting to keep their tax breaks but also lobbying to lift the crude oil export ban.” Instead of investing in tax breaks, the American people would benefit more from investing in clean transportation alternatives.

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