Thread: Demagoguing big oil's windfall profits
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Old 05-09-2008, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by George O Well View Post
>>>Depends on the number of Gulfstream IVs the execs can afford. We'd have to cap profits after 20 Gulfstreams are in the hangar.
So you are good at hitting lawyers earning $20,000 an hour with windfall profit taxes. Berkershire Hathaway with windfall profit taxes? Should we go after all the retirement plans that have big oil in them? Where are you going to draw the line and can our nation survive the the mass exodus of companies fleeing such punative actions?
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