Sometimes Oil Men Should Just Shut Up

By: Steve Maley (Diary)  |  January 9th at 05:59 PM  | 

Sometimes oil men and energy executives are a big disappointment. When times are good, they talk a good game about being free marketeers, “Just get out of our way; drill, baby, drill!” But when Washington starts passing out free money, they’re fighting like pigs at a trough for their more-than-fair share. You can bet, when they start suggesting government policy, they have an angle.