Big oil gets all the breaks
Today, reading news online, I stumbled, literally, across this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110510/ap_on_re_us/us_oil_company_subsidies
It was buried beneath all kinds of thoroughly unimportant stuff – but nevertheless, it is an attempt on the part of some senators to actually DO SOMETHING USEFUL.
To sum up: A trio of Senators have proposed legislation to end the subsidies that the big oil companies currently receive.
Big oil makes BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, I repeat, BILLIONS in profit – and yet they get SUBSIDIES. Subsidies are for entities that are struggling, not entities that make BILLIONS in profit! And yet – chances are this move will be utterly defeated because these same companies donate BILLIONS to the campaigns of our congresspeople – never mind all the talk about deficit reduction.
Why is this story buried? This is REAL – and it even smacks of ACTION on the part of our normally action-free congress. Are YOU outraged that these hugely profiting corporations get subsidies? I am. And we ALL should be.
If you care about this, you should write your congresspeople and DEMAND that they take action. Let me assist you:
Dear Senator/Congressperson *insert name here*
I have been made aware of the newly proposed legislation by senators Menendez, McCaskill and Brown to cut the $2 billion dollars in subsidies, which big oil companies currently enjoy. It has also been made abundantly clear that the nation faces a growing deficit, and cuts need to be made.
Aren’t subsidies supposed to help entities in need? In what way are companies that earn billions of dollars in profits considered in need of any sorts of hand-outs?
As a concerned citizen, I am begging you to take action, and to end these hand-outs to companies that clearly do not need them. Instead of cutting from education and welfare and other others in need, why would you not cut from entities making enormous profits, who clearly do not need to be subsidized.
Please do not let big business dictate logical politics. Please remember the people who you are supposed to represent, and please do the right thing, and end these subsidies, and show these entities you and America are not for sale.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
A concerned American.
Let’s do something for ourselves. Let’s take some action, and let’s show congress that they need to remember that it is OUR business they are supposed to be attending to – not BIG BUSINESS. Oil companies DO NOT NEED SUBSIDIES WHEN THEY MAKE BILLIONS IN PROFITS! Let’s show them this can’t just be ignored. Let’s persuade them to take some action FOR US.
Thank you.
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