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This will be a bit long, since it isn't clear from the posting. CITGO is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect WHOLLY OWNED subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., the National oil company of Venezuela-- which is NOT a private company but owned by the current government of Venezuela. That government is a lifetime brutal dictatorship of Hugo Chavez and his communist cronies (can you say Swiss bank account? The money does NOT go to Venezuelan poor, unless they are on Chavez's thug payroll).

Since Chavez is also closely aligned with Cuba, and the terrorist state of Iran as well as the narco-terrorists in nearby Colombia, it becomes RATHER much different than simply "rich people helping people in need". To try to compare this to "other oil companies", US or otherwise, completely misses the connections or the point of interfering from US national policy and the threat from Iran (nuclear and oil supply). This is pure obamanista statist oil money (BP is included in THAT lot)to help the neo-socialist agenda. While it is true Chavez ships oil to the US-- to/from his OWN refinery, taking advantage of all that entails, that is--he is buying political sway through this outfit run by ultra lefties.

Here's how it works (in MA): The Citizens Energy Oil Heat Assistance Progam (in MA) is a joint "effort" of Citizens Energy Corporation, CITGO Petroleum, Massachusetts fuel oil dealers, fuel assistance agencies, and the MASSCAP Directors Association. The "poor" get a one time delivery of 100 gallons heating oil for free.

Only it's NOT for free. The entire operation is a tax dodge, for the non profit, the distributors, CITGO and most especially MASSCAP Directors Association (the purely political machine, underwritten by this scheme-- part of the kennedy machine). The US Federal govt. subsidizes this through a program for the "poor" in the state, administered by MASSCAP's member organizations as the clearing houses. It is MASSCAP that is the liberals dream machine organizations. The template for the teddy machine (and certainly deval patrick).

So, you, me and every taxpayer is SUBSIDIZING Hugo Chavez for his "charity" and paying a large salary to one greedy little leftie- Joe Kennedy. As of 2010, Kennedy's Citizens Energy CEO salary was $596,988 per year! This for a former congressman who has a FULL pension- again from US Taxpayers, and a lifetime kennedy family trust paying him. A nice sweet bigtime self righteous SCAM.

Hopefully this explains why this is WRONG? Connie Mack is acting in the interest of the US, away from the Saudis, the Iranians and certainly that asshat Chavez. Joe Kennedy is a liberal fascist, lining his pockets. The answer is to stop the democrat driven welfare subsidies-- then you'll see how "charitable" Chavez is with OUR own damned money. And maybe then Joe Kennedy will lift his head up from his free cocaine as he "helps" the poor for their voting bloc machine. Deo Vindice.