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one month ago exxon don't five hundred thousand gallons of parsons crude oil
from a ruptured pipeline in arkansas
and not only was the smell disgusting and making people sick
not only was
wildlife effected in the and negative way there was also no standardized
operations in place to clean up the spell
there was even one area
where workers
were putting down paper panels
to try to soak up the oil
and because of a loophole lobby for by big oil
exxon is a exempt from paying taxes toward the oil spill liability fund that
helps clean up spills
dear used to be in eight cents per barrel fee
to the funded that helps clean up hundreds of spills each year
and in nineteen eighty congress passed a law the repeal that
and furthermore
at the federal level exxon's tax rate
only comes to a thirteen percent
take a second and compare that to wear your tax returns
whether you're a teacher or physical therapy is there a construction worker
or whatever
gentle or in your pain more in taxes
an exxon mobil now knowing that
let's look at some numbers here so exxon spent
twelve point nine million dollars on lobbying in two thousand twelve alone
to protect their low tax rates and block pollution controls and safeguard for
public health
and in the first three months of to download thirteen exxon spent four point
eight four million dollars lobbying
the company sent three point six million dollars in total political contributions
two pax candidates and outside groups for the two thousand twelve election
cycle an eighty nine percent of cop contributions when two republicans
and it has spent over seventy six thousand dollars so far for the two
thousand and fourteen cycle and that of course is gonna go up significantly
this year exxon c_e_o_ we're extortion received a fifteen percent raise two
forty point three million dollars
so
harry all worked out
well one-month after the spill exxon earned nine point five two billion
dollars in just the first quarter
so they turned it nine point five billion
and they are legally required to contribute zero dollars and zero sense
to the cleanup fund
g i wonder if our government is bought by powerful corporate interests