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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Politicians are eyeing oil profits like a fat juicy glazed ham.
Withall the money Big Oil is making - the top five publicly traded firmspocketed over $120 billion in 2007 alone - and with an election on thehorizon, it's easy to see why.
The leading Democraticpresidential candidates want a windfall profits tax to do variousthings, and although their plans differ slightly they generally want touse the money to give Americans a break from skyrocketing energy pricesand jumpstart research into renewable energy.
