Our country/world is dependant on oil, so if governments abusivly regulate those companies to the point they cannot operate within that governmental jurisdiction, the price of all energy & transportation goes up drastically, which means companies pay more in operating costs, which means they hire less people, which means the government is now collecting no tax revenue from the oil companies, much less tax revenue from all other companies, and less income tax because there are less people being employed by those companies. That is part of the reason why the Oil companies get preferential treatment. The other part probably has to do with the amount of campaign donations they make to all of the representatives.

The corporate tax breaks are in place because if taxes make doing business is a specific state or country too expensive, the companies will simply move to a less abusive state or country. When those companies move, they take the jobs they provide with them. California is one of the worst states in the country to do business in because of the over taxation and over regulation, so companies are packing up and moving east. That is why these corporate tax breaks are in place.

It seems that you do not understand that companies are what make our society run. It is all of these companies that create wealth by providing goods and services that generate income. It is with that income that the companies create more jobs that increase output and creates even more income. It is from all of that income that the government generates it tax revenue. It is with that tax revenue that the governments fund the employment of public employees & their pensions. Without all of those evil businesses, there would be no money to pay the public employees, so maybe you shouldnt be so anti-business. Those businesses are the ones powering the public employee Gravy Train.

And yes, everyone did lose money during the crash, but everyone else is being forced to deal with it on their own, they arnt getting a participation trophy at the taxpayers expense.