I've participated in these so-called polls and the "loaded questions" therein.  Crafty pollsters can have Alaskan's saying ANYTHING their employers want.  Find yourself better sources.

"...personal selfishness, shortsightedness and their own gain".  I'm sure you display none of those characteristics...then again, you might rely upon .gov for employment/handout/some other form of largesse and view things differently than  "tax mules" in the private sector.    

Your post is laden with collectivist jargon.  What you're really saying:  Government should, under threat of force,  confiscate wealth created by one group and redistribute it  to another. Look no further than Venezuela to see how that works out.  

Oil companies have an agreement with the state. Changing the horse in midstream, simply because of decades of reckless spending, is a sad commentary.   Big oil produced vast sums of wealth.  The state squandered a large portion. Your frustration is mis-directed.