Bush Lets the Oil Folks Have it for Free.
Writing by on Thursday, 21 of September , 2006 at 10:07 am
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So as the Republicans are rushing to protect Bush’s Ass with the “Protect Bush From His War Crimes” Act, and they work to make sure the rich pay no taxes at all, but the real winner so far in the Republican protected Bush “Presidency” is the raping of our natural resources, and the raping of our wallets at the hands of the oil companies. Bush with the help from the Republicans has given the oil industry everything they could ask for.
Odd Fact: Number of subpoena delivered to the White House by the Republican Congress when Clinton was in office -157, number of the same while Bush has been in “President” – ZERO.
From the NT Times
Four government auditors who monitor leases for oil and gas on federal property say the Interior Department suppressed their efforts to recover millions of dollars from companies they said were cheating the government.Technorati Tags: Failed Presidency, Oil, Republican CorruptionThe accusations, many of them in four lawsuits that were unsealed last week by federal judges in Oklahoma, represent a rare rebellion by government investigators against their own agency.
The auditors contend that they were blocked by their bosses from pursuing more than $30 million in fraudulent underpayments of royalties for oil produced in publicly owned waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
“The agency has lost its sense of mission, which is to protect American taxpayers,” said Bobby L. Maxwell, who was formerly in charge of Gulf of Mexico auditing. “These are assets that belong to the American public, and they are supposed to be used for things like education, public infrastructure and roadways.”
The lawsuits have surfaced as Democrats and Republicans alike are questioning the Bush administration’s willingness to challenge the oil and gas industry.
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