When do interest groups participate in the policymaking process? in all its stages from the policy adoption stage forward before the policy implementation stage only at the policy formation only which one is correct?For every $1 the Texas state government collects from the oil and gas industry, Texans pay $8 in sales tax to the state government. Why does this discrepancy exist? Federal law requires oil and gas taxes to be low to encourage Americans to drive. The 1876 Texas Constitution imposes a steep individual tax that has never been reduced. Texas policymakers want to encourage the production of oil and gas in the state at almost any cost