Venal state governors raided Nigeria's Excess Crude Account, which was intended to put
away oil profits for a rainy day, to help win elections.
Not exact matches
Third, every country, state, and region has resources — extremely valuable resources — but we don't think of them the way we do of gas and
oil because we're so used to governments giving them
away to corporations who sell them back at a
profit and pay very little in taxes.
Expanding extreme offshore energy development marks a new chapter in Trump's reckless overreach to give
away public lands and waters so
oil executives can
profit.
But here's one reliable prediction:
Oil companies will always charge EXACTLY as much as they can get
away with to maximize their
profits.
Granted, taking
profits away from big
oil is always easier said than done, but once again, as with health care and other issues, the difference between the two in terms of actual policy is slight.