Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year.
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a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
Subjects: energy,federal-budget,oil-spill,pundits,taxesSpeaker: keith-olbermannSpeaker Job Title: Political commentatorParty affiliation: none