Congress to Vote on $11 Billion Oil Tax Increase to Clean up Spills
In an effort to clean up the massive BP oil spill, Congress is set to vote on a tax increase to finance the imitative. The new bill would quadruple a tax on oil to 32 cents a barrel, raising approximately $11 billion over the next decade. This tax would be levied on oil produced in the U.S. or imported from foreign countries. Under terms of the bill, the revenue would go to a fund managed by the Coast Guard to help pay to clean up spills in waterways, including the Gulf of Mexico. There has been little public opposition to…