[Vision2020] Exxon Rakes in $40.6 Billion Record Profit

KRFP krfp at radiofreemoscow.org
Sat Feb 2 21:03:12 PST 2008


You are forgetting the other major corporate welfare payment we and our 
children will be paying Exxon et.al. 

Now at almost half a trillion dollars and climbing at $275 million a day.

http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home

Dave

Donovan Arnold wrote:
> Pat,
>  
> I am not against oil companies making money. I am against them making 
> money dishonestly. How much damage do the oil companies cause to the 
> environment?
>  
> Most companies are not allowed to dump their waste or wage war to gain 
> to profits.
>  
> Remember Exxon Valdez. We the taxpayer paid for the clean up. We paid 
> billions in taxes to clean up that mess. We paid billions out to those 
> people that lost their jobs as oil washed away their living as 
> fisherman, canneries, and other related businesses went under. We also 
> are paying trillions for a war overseas so they can have access to 
> their product. Why should we have to pay for their mess? If your local 
> store dumps junk in the air or damages the environment, they have to 
> pay for it, but not the oil companies? If we are going to have double 
> standards for a business that runs a monopoly on a needed commodity, 
> they need to pull their own weight.  
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Donovan Arnold
>  
>  
>
>
> */pkraut at moscow.com/* wrote:
>
>     No, I expect businesses to make money especially one that is so
>     needed in
>     our current world. Question: how much did they make last year? How
>     much
>     did they spend on getting the work done? Go back 30 years and how
>     much
>     did they make then? How much did they have to spend to be able to
>     maintain business. This is so much more complicated than your
>     predjudice
>     against an oil company and the politicians understand that. If we
>     won't
>     make the changes to free ourselves of OPEC than it is the price we
>     pay.
>
>
>
>     > Doesn't just make your stomach turn??
>     >
>     > Why aren't our politicians giving us lip service on this?
>     >
>     > Best Regards,
>     >
>     > Donovan Arnold
>     >
>     >
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