Call oil companies’ bluff

"If this is an attempt to get us gasoline buyers to feel sorry for the oil companies, forget it. Tesoro, like all oil companies, made large profits last year and that profit — though still large — has been cut in half. Now they are crying foul over state taxes?

They should be taxed as we should any company doing business in Washington state that might possibly damage our environment. In fact, not selling their product in the state should cause them to be taxed twice as much..."