Raise 'Coastal Protection Fee'

Dear Editor,
    In the 1950s, produced oil sold for $3 per barrel and imported oil sold for $1 per barrel. There was no sales tax, state income tax, or ridiculous property taxes, because the oil industry supported the State of Texas government.
    Imported oil is almost entirely imported by major oil companies, the same companies that are continuously gouging us with higher and higher prices. According to the Texas Comptrollers’ Office, imported oil has a "Coastal Protection fee" of only two cents per barrel. If the two cents per barrel were raised to 25 cents per barrel, the effect would be a half cent per gallon, instead of further hurting businesses with more taxes at a time when we are trying to attract more businesses to Texas. I would imagine that this would fund the schools once and for all. But watch certain politicians come to the rescue of the major oil companies.