A quick, easy way to shave $4 billion off the deficit

If the United States government is truly as broke as Republicans insist, then this ought to be a no-brainer:

Boehner had stunned Washington on Monday when he told ABC Newsthat cutting the subsidies to oil companies is “certainly something we should be looking at.” … In all, the tax breaks, many designed to encourage more exploration, cost taxpayers more than $4 billion a year in lost revenue — enough for 1.4 million Americans to buy a tank full of gas every week for an entire year.

We’re broke, right (pssst – we’re not, but Republicans keep saying we are), so why are we letting Big Oil off the hook for $4 billion a year in taxes?