{"id":1903,"date":"2007-05-25T09:50:27","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T15:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2018-05-21T14:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:06:36","slug":"new-bush-scandal-helping-big-oil-companies-hide-billions-from-government-at-taxpayer-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/new-bush-scandal-helping-big-oil-companies-hide-billions-from-government-at-taxpayer-expense\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bush Scandal Helping Big Oil Companies Hide Billions From Government at Taxpayer Expense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/bush-oil-flag-240x150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/bush-oil-flag-240x150.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>BuzzFlash<\/p>\n<p>Corruption within the Department of Interior may have allowed oil companies to improperly save billions at the expense of the taxpayers. The Department&#8217;s Inspector General has already made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/12\/15\/washington\/15royalty.html?ei=5088&#038;en=117ffe4912156d70&#038;ex=1323838800&#038;adxnnl=1&#038;partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss%20&#038;adxnnlx=1180094472-Bg9RXiU1OL835Wa1h+A0Vg\">at least two criminal referals<\/a> to the FBI and the Justice Department, and Congressional Democrats have launched several investigations and introduced new legislation to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, oil companies leasing federal land to drill for oil are required to pay the government royalties based on a percentage of their sales. But under the Royalty-in-Kind program, the companies can pay in the form of oil and gas instead of cash. The problem is that oil prices have increased more than the value of the oil and gas royalty revenues being recieved, meaning that the oil companies are managing to withhold a growing amount of their profits from Uncle Sam.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BuzzFlash Corruption within the Department of Interior may have allowed oil companies to improperly save billions at the expense of the taxpayers. 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