Let's make Big Oil very small oil.

The Republicans seem to want big oil. But not big government. When the real threat is big oil. Big oil doing as it pleases. Taking uncanny risks. That ultimately lead to environmental disasters. Like in the Gulf of Mexico. Big oil has pretty much gotten its way in the USA. Especially during Republican administrations. Big oil has gone mostly unregulated. Doing as it pleases. Big Oil was even called in by Dick Cheney during the Bush administration. To write its own rules. Little wonder that British Petroleum has reaped about $58 billion in profits in recent years. It's time that government started reaping profits. So that government can pay dividends to taxpayers. Just like the dividends BP dishes out to its shareholders. Yes, I like the sound of it. The emerging of BIG government. BIG enough to make Big Oil look like very small oil. --Jim Broede