Obama said a windfall profits tax would ease the burden of energy costs on working families.
Barack Obama, supports the repeal of oil company tax breaks and a windfall profits tax.
Something more punitive is likely as well, for instance a windfall profits tax on oil, and maybe other industries.
He wants a windfall profits tax on oil, to go along with the new taxes he also plans for coal and natural gas.
McCain argues that a windfall profits tax will only increase the country's dependence on foreign oil and be an obstacle to domestic exploration.
Obama's plan for relief includes putting a windfall profits tax on oil companies, using the proceeds to help Pennsylvania families pay their heating and cooling bills.
The government will find it easier to plump for Ms Barker's less controversial recommendations, such as a windfall profits tax on land developers, encouraging greater competition among housebuilders and dealing with the skills shortage in construction.
He has also proposed several increases in corporate taxes, including a "windfall profits" tax on oil.
On April 10th, the Tories said that Labour was also refusing to be specific on its proposed windfall-profits tax on the utilities.
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In an expansionary budget containing goodies for almost every industry, the government has imposed a windfall-profits tax on producers of palm oil.
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The confiscated windfall profits would fund tax credits for fuel-efficient cars and grants for mass transit.
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The U.S. Congress is full of proposals to tax windfall profits.
And yesterday, two senators said they wanted a windfall tax on the profits of big oil companies.
The new government is expected to introduce a windfall tax on mining profits.
Last month, he said a government-appointed committee had made preliminary recommendations to abolish tax breaks for energy firms and impose steep tax increases of 20% to 60% on windfall profits.
On the Senate's legislative calendar this week is a bill to repeal tax incentives for oil companies, punish companies for reaping "windfall profits" and subject the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries to U.S. anti-trust law.
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