Animation: Big Oil Pumps It Up

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At the Senate hearing last week, top oil executives, who saw their biggest profits ever, fought tooth and nail to protect their $4.4 billion tax in tax breaks. On Sunday, Mitch McConnell promised not to budge on the tax breaks he's worked so hard to secure for his buddies at the richest companies in the world. Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich wrote a piece about it, The Big Oil Money Gusher, here, and there's more here, about Max Baucus plan, and a New York TImes editorial, here.

My husband, Barry Schiffman, does Bad Guy Voice Over Duty. Sound effects from FreeSound.org