Good thing those evil oil companies are paying hundreds of billions in taxes, on top of what the government collects from each gallon. Exxon alone pays 110 billion dollars a year in taxes. That's just Exxon. I don't have the sheets for citgo, sunoco, shell, chevron.
Can you honestly say you pay more in taxes than what you get back in service and support from the government? Please consider the infratrature (pipes, roads, library, schools, police, fire, military, etc....)
There profit margins would be similar. Also, f the US government didn't protect them, and they didn't have to pay the hundreds of billions in taxes they probably could fund a very efficient and effective miltary force to protect their interests. At a much lower cost, all while taking hundreds of billions out of our governments pocket.
You sure you really want to go down that road?
Again, another subject that you choose to shout the dem line and not look at the whole picture, just the wonderful little soundbite to make Mccain, the repubs and the oil copanies sound evil.