Big oil goes to Congress and defends its gouging of Americans. The media and pulpit pundits line up in support. Inconvenient Fact: As the price of crude oil has skyrocketed, the federal gas tax has remained unchanged. The amount of a dollar of gas that goes to the government has plummeted from 32 cents in 2000 to 13 cents today. |
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Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.