I mean they are suffering so much. Last year they only made mere billions in profit:

Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies.

Democratic leaders fell one vote short, 59-40, in getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a GOP filibuster. Democrats said they would strip the taxes from the legislation to move the bill forward.

Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said he hoped to get the revised energy package approved later in the day, including the first increase in automobile fuel efficiency in three decades and massive increases in the use of ethanol as a motor fuel.

How silly of those Democrats. Don’t they know that the people and environment should take a backseat to the oil companies? How dare they try to interfere with their profits – after all these are Bush buddies we are talking about!