White House budget would kill $38.8B in tax breaks for oil, gas and coal

[JohnWxy]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4251807


"Obama’s first budget plan a year ago called for cutting $31.5 billion in oil-and-gas industry incentives, including a repeal of the industry’s ability to claim a lucrative domestic manufacturing tax break.

Congress did not act on the proposals, which are opposed by a mix of Republicans and Democrats representing oil- and gas-producing states."
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here's something worth emailing your Congressmen about: www.congress.org

[TxRider]

1. Then he needs to tell us

Call them out by name on national TV for supporting oil and gas subsidies.

[HillbillyBob]

2. End the tax breaks and subsidies

for the fossil energy corpses as well as folk like Monsanto and Cargill, and the other billionaire factory farms. Invest in smaller local farms that sell real food.
Those two sectors seem to get a lot of our $$ for poisoning our food supplies and air, water, soil etc.