I'd rather pay for my gas at the pump then through my income taxes. Particularly when it lends to balancing the budget. But I guess we just get a free lunch if we subsidize the oil companies in defiance of all economic reason. This isn't a tax... Its removing their subsidies, which they have proven that they don't need. The only tax they're facing is the regular corporate income tax. Why should you reward a company which is making a profit? The profit should be more then enough in the first place.