Originally Posted by FritterGirl

Yes, but BIG OIL (and PHARM, and INSURANCE, CREDIT CARD Companies, etc.) have something that you and I, the lowly taxpayer, do not....BIG LOBBYISTS. These are the people who make loads of money off of said non-tax-paying corporations to come up with shifty polity that is foisted upon our elected officials with the promise of monetary compensation.

We can't "play" their game, because as law-abiding, tax-paying citizens, we can't "pay" to get in.

Until we can get said BIG LOBBYISTS and their BIG MONEY out of our politics, our corporations will still continue to enjoy their protected non-taxed status.