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Massive Profits, High Gas Prices and $33 billion in Taxpayer Giveaways to Big Oil

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By Emily Murgatroyd
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Over the next 5 years oil companies will receive $33 billion in taxpayer fundedย giveaways.

According to the report set to be released tomorrow morning by the Friends of the Earth, (pdf) the $33 billion in taxpayer dollars will come to Big Oil through tax loopholes, royalty rollbacks and research and developmentย subsidies.

โ€œThis is a tremendous sum for taxpayers to be doling out to the oil and gas industry,โ€ said Friends of the Earth’s Erich Pica, who authored the analysis. โ€œThe corporate fat cats at these big oil companies are already earning record profits-they don’t need our tax dollars too.ย  There are far smarter places to use this money, including bringing down energy costs by investing in the clean power sources of the future, such as wind andย solar.โ€

Friends of the Earth’s analysis found that over the next five years oil companies stand to gain at least $23.2 billion from tax loopholes, $3.8 billion in royalty rollbacks, $1.6 billion in direct subsidies for research and development, and $4.3 billion through accountingย gimmicks.ย 

The analysis found that tax giveaways have increased dramatically since the passage of a Republican-drafted energy bill in 2005.

By Emily Murgatroyd

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