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    "why cannot the USA government balance this out by charging some tax from the extra gains of the oil production companies, and using the tax to subsidize oil for the citizens?" It could but so far hasn't. Whoever owns the oil production in the US actually profits. So however owns ExxonMobile and Chevron and all the others. Probably some billionaires around the world. Commented Apr 8 at 22:17
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    The US had an oil export ban until 2015. But reimposing it in order to cap domestic prices would have downsides, not in the least signaling that the US is an unreliable exporter (say like Russia). The other re-distributive policies don't happen because oilmen are a core GOP constituency and GOP also loves to hit on socialism. Commented Apr 9 at 1:22
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    There are logistical issues too. The US actually has a poor internal infrastructure for moving oil, esp, from the East Coast (and the Gulf of Mexico/America) to the West coast. The US north-west gets oil from Canada. I'm not sure where California gets it from, but they also don't have enough refineries. They import gasoline from the Bahamas, which in turn imports oil from the Gulf of M/A, in part. Commented Apr 9 at 1:34
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    The modern US wouldn't be the modern US if they even considered policies that'd put their people above the interests of corporations Commented Apr 9 at 10:23
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    America? Tax excess profits from a big company and give the money to citizens? You have to be kidding, right? Commented Apr 11 at 0:26