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Could you believe the CEOs from the five major BIG OIL companies sitting there in front of Congress justifying $4 billion in federal subsidies? This seems like a no brainer. Tea Partiers where are you on this? Conservatives, Repbulicans? Where are you on this? Why are you justifying a $4 billion subsidy to BIG OIL while cutting budgets for food for poor children? Get your priorities straight. Do you know how much money BIG OIL booked in profits from the first quarter of the year? How does $36 billion sound? Well, that would be just about right. Why on earth does BIG OIL need any tax payer subsidies? Here's the worst part however...BIG OIL spent $145 million last year employing 800 lobbyists to do their bidding and defeat legislation that would be unfavorable to them. Now, let's not begrudge the lobbyists whose job it is to do their work and take home pay they recycle through the economy. However, let's ask a question? Should the tax payers be funding lobbyists for BIG OIL to defeat legislation that would save the tax payers money? Hmm. It's outrageous the amount of time spent wagging jaws on the the federal deficit and how to reign it in when there are things like this going on in the world!