Obama to proffer $10 per barrel tax on crude oil

Next week, President Barack Obama will unveil a proposal to levy $10 a barrel on crude oil which would finance the rebuilding of the country's transportation infrastructure. According to the White House, the new tax would enable Obama's plan to create a precise concession for private sector transformation to invest in clean energy technologies and cut the country's dependence on oil. Legislators in the Congress, however, swifty criticized Obama's proposal. Obama has emphasized the United States must stop subsidizing fossil fuels and concentrate on clean fuels which do not worsen climate change.

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