[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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