re: Offshore oil is booming and the shipping market is at an all-time high

One thing you can always depend on, when the Republicans have the power, they want to cut taxes. Reagan and his trickle down bull shite, young Bush gets a tax cut then starts a war which increases the deficit, Trump's tax cut, permanent for corporations but temporary for citizens (I think they expire in 2025) and the resulting deficit increase of around $8 trillion.