” Because the U.S. government collects royalty payments and upfront cash from oil companies that lease federal lands for oil and gas exploration and prod “
I’ll bet that the Dems wouldn’t turn all that money down — apparently, there’s *good* ‘windfall profits’, as well as *bad/evil* ‘windfall profits’.......
We just need to follow the suggestions of brilliant economists like Maxine Waters(D) and turn the entire oil industry over to the government so us lowly serfs can be paying 50 bucks for a gallon of gas by Christmas.
Everyone winn! Our energy supply increases; the price eventually modifies downward; and our 401K’s get more money - instead of ME oil kingdoms.