conventional oil and gas royalties and taxes in the U.S. average 67%
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3 posted on
09/24/2007 1:48:37 PM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
67%
I don’t think it’s “Big Oil” that is gouging people.
4 posted on
09/24/2007 1:55:51 PM PDT by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: thackney; bruinbirdman
Sometimes, we have to dig in order to see the differences.
U.S. Has Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
The New York Times
Excerpt:
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — The federal government is on the verge of one of the biggest giveaways of oil and gas in American history, worth an estimated $7 billion over five years."
5 posted on
09/24/2007 2:00:34 PM PDT by
familyop
(The best that we can do is to try to do better today than we did yesterday.)
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