REMARKABLE UNANIMITY

摘要

How would you feel if you knew that 10 cents of every dollar of U.S. discretionary spending (non-defense) came from the oil and gas industry's taxes paid to the federal Treasury? Kind of impressive, right?Turns out the oil and gas industry paid some $35.7 billion in corporate income taxes in 2009 (the latest year for which data are available), r according to the Energy Information Administration. Lots more tax revenue will flow if the industry continues on its current path, uncovering yet more treasure from old oil and gas fields made new.