It costs way more for exploration, pay-backs to government officials for leases ect… to run an oil company, which pays out more to shareholders (retirement accounts, congresstional committees ect…) while APPLE is almost 100% pute profit!

President Obama’s Bid To End Oil Subsidies Voted Down By Senate

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called on Congress to stop taxpayer-funded subsidies for oil companies, and the Senate promptly ignored him Thursday.
Senators voted 51 to 47 to end debate on a bill that would do what Obama asked, thus failing to reach the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster.
The rebuff came just an hour after the president took to the Rose Garden to make his appeal, arguing that with oil prices hovering at around $100 a barrel and oil companies netting billions of dollars each financial quarter, there’s little reason to give taxpayer-funded aid to the U.S. petroleum industry.

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