May 21, 2012
In an opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) writes:
At a time when we have more than $15 trillion national debt, American taxpayers are set to give away over $110 billion dollars to the oil, gas, and coal industries over the next decade. Clearly, we cannot afford it. When the five largest oil companies made over $1 trillion in profits in the last decade, with some paying no federal income taxes for part of that time, they certainly do not need it.
Read his full article here
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