Subsidies, War, and the American Taxpayer examines how government policies and public money support the fossil-fuel industry while ordinary taxpayers bear the financial, environmental, and human costs. The book explores tax advantages, subsidies, government programs, and other forms of assistance that help powerful energy corporations protect their profits.
The book also considers the connection between fossil fuels, American foreign policy, and military involvement in oil-producing regions. It examines how competition for energy resources can influence national priorities while public funds that could strengthen healthcare, education, infrastructure, and working families are directed elsewhere.
Armando Oscar Olmos and Maria Teresa Zambrano Rivera ask a fundamental question: Who pays, and who profits? This book calls for greater transparency, corporate accountability, and energy policies that protect taxpayers, workers, communities, public health, and the environment.