whywould the government establish a similar tax on the windfall profits for the mining industry, when there is a) no mining industry B)there are no profits nor will there be profits for quite some time given the capital requirements and time to build a mine let alone any windfall profits c) the revenue from the oil industry is small, so they have a NEED!!!to develope the mining industry as it will create revenue from royalties, corporate and state taxes, jobs and personal taxes-joe