http://www.france24.com/en/20120613-us-could-outproduce-russia-saudi-arabia-oil-gas
Caption: “US President Barack Obama walks past an oil rig in March 2012 near Maljamar, NM. Since 2008, the US added 1.6 million barrels of additional oil, and in 2011, the US registered the largest increase in oil production of any country outside of OPEC.”
Ceci n’est pas un “oil rig”.
Maley's Energy Blog 
How much more money would go to the government and how many more jobs would be created from aggressive exploration and development compared to raising taxes on the “rich”. But, of course, raising taxes on the rich isn’t intended to help the country, merely bring down the “rich”.