Evan Knoll what a loser!

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Julie Jordan

Actually, Big Oil doesn't get "kickbacks", that's the way the media likes to word tax deductions that every business is entitled to....depreciation, amortization, intangible drilling costs, domestic activity production deduction, to name a few. Every business is entitled to those deductions. When the press is focused on Big Oil and gives them different terminology then they become evil deductions. lol

x2.... thank you!

You cannot operate from the premise that government owns all wealth and production, and they are merely haggling over how much you are "allowed" to keep.