POWER TO THE OIL PATCH

摘要

George W. Bush tried to make it big in the oil business in the 1980s. Tapping into his family's network of contacts, he enlisted investors by arguing that even if a well turned up dry, they could always take advantage of tax write-offs. Now as President, Bush is again pushing a major energy venture: Selling the American public on his plan to reduce prices and ease supply shortages—and maybe even revive some of those tax breaks for his Oil Patch buddies.