What?

Tradition?  

There's no tradition that says we have to give them taxes in addition to giving them all our interest in our commonly held resources.

Our constitution covers our tradition and our tradition says we get paid for our resources, not that we give them away and then go into our pockets.

As to who the legislators work for, they 'work' for the oil companies now. 

Some of them literally in addition to figuratively.

They aren't spending 'oil profits', they're spending our royalties, our treasury, our savings.

Our money now is propping up and protecting the oil corporation's profits.

We aren't spending or living on their profits, ..who do you think you can fool with that line?

Like I said, stop corporate welfare and demand fair value for our resources and there is no need for your convoluted 'tax me now' word salad, let alone any need for them to be going into our pockets for more than they've already stolen.

It's time to right the wrong, …not compound the problem