Who is getting the free ride?
Do you understand diddley squat about the oil industry, where crude oil prices come from, the Federal Government's role in increasing the price of fuels, the distribution of or blending of gasoline, tax structures, any of that?
You can own a dozen oil wells, but you fill up at the same pump everyone else does, pay the same price, and the same taxes (Federal and State, at least within the same state).
Funny how no one bitched when car manufacturers raised the price of a vehicle from $3000.00 to $30,000.00, but people will stand next to that vehicle drinking $2/liter ($8.00/gallon) bottled water and gripe about $4 gas.
Considering most of the world's oil is produced in regions which have a different tax structure than the US, it isn't a question of taxes on the oil industry raising prices so someone else can have a free ride, unless you count the Government employees who collect those taxes or the people in other countries who build the world's tallest buildings from the revenue on their oil.
You say since there is oil in North Dakota then you should not have to pay property tax. What's someone else's oil got to do with your tax bill?
Do you understand diddley squat about the oil industry, where crude oil prices come from, the Federal Government's role in increasing the price of fuels, the distribution of or blending of gasoline, tax structures, any of that? You can own a dozen oil wells, but you fill up at the same pump everyone else does, pay the same price, and the same taxes (Federal and State, at least within the same state).
When our system crashes we're going to need a total reset. Like I said I would support an amendment to the Constitution limiting the government to just four ways to collect revenue, all else would be tax and fee free. Just an income tax and an acreage tax would be very growth friendly and job friendly. We need to get rid of all taxes and fees save for perhaps some infrastructure use fees (I can't see any other way to fund interstate highways and I don't like the gasoline tax, its anti-growth).