Originally posted by Irishman12:
We all know why Johnson would want Kennedy dead but what were the texas oil interests and why would they want JFK dead? Just so if Lyndon got into office he'd make them more rich than they already were?
by Craig I. Zirbel
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JFK had threatened to eliminate the U.S. Tax Code's oil depletion allowance, which would have cost Texas oilmen a fortune, so that was supposedly the motive.
LBJ was allegedly their stooge. It had very little to do with Johnson's desire for the presidency.
