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Old 05-13-2008, 09:20 AM
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get rid of your car.
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:35 AM
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What makes people want to bow down to corporate greed?
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Old 05-13-2008, 09:43 AM
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Old 05-13-2008, 11:55 PM
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Still trying to figure out who's doing the gouging. In the first quarter of 2008 Exxon paid the highest taxes for a fiscal quarter of any company in American history. When you consider that the federal tax is 18-cents a gallon and Exxon is making somewhere between 8 and 9 cents a gallon it makes you wonder who's screwing you at the pump.

Here's another jewel: Exxon paid more taxes in the first quarter of '08 than more than half the people in the U.S.

Now the democrats favorite little pimp Henry Waxman is going to call the oil companies in for a hearing so he can "get to the bottom of things." What a jag off.
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Old 05-14-2008, 04:02 AM
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Yeah, but exxon has more money than 90% of americans, combined.

The people that charge you 18c a gallon also provide the roads you drive on, the police to keep them safe, and all the other pieces of infrastructure that you take for granted.

Exxon gives you gas. Hell, if it wasn't profitable, would they still be selling it? Business 101.
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Old 05-14-2008, 05:35 AM
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Still trying to figure out who's doing the gouging. In the first quarter of 2008 Exxon paid the highest taxes for a fiscal quarter of any company in American history. When you consider that the federal tax is 18-cents a gallon and Exxon is making somewhere between 8 and 9 cents a gallon it makes you wonder who's screwing you at the pump.

Here's another jewel: Exxon paid more taxes in the first quarter of '08 than more than half the people in the U.S.

Now the democrats favorite little pimp Henry Waxman is going to call the oil companies in for a hearing so he can "get to the bottom of things." What a jag off.
This lien of thought is bbullshit. Crying woes for comoanys that are screwing you. They have no loss of cash flow. Specualtion and oil devolpment is rising. production is low and prices are high. They post recod profits ever quarter. There is no defence of these vultures.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:55 PM
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This lien of thought is bbullshit. Crying woes for comoanys that are screwing you. They have no loss of cash flow. Specualtion and oil devolpment is rising. production is low and prices are high. They post recod profits ever quarter. There is no defence of these vultures.

Not sure about you, but I ain't getting screwed by them. You might want to consider adding some oil stocks to your retirement account. But then again, maybe you're just looking for a government handout.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:57 PM
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Yeah, but exxon has more money than 90% of americans, combined.

The people that charge you 18c a gallon also provide the roads you drive on, the police to keep them safe, and all the other pieces of infrastructure that you take for granted.

Exxon gives you gas. Hell, if it wasn't profitable, would they still be selling it? Business 101.

Exxon is kind of a large corporation, empploying thousands of people and supporting hundreds of thoussand if not millions of stockholders. I think they're supposed to have more money than 90% of Americans. Never the less, I'd love to see where you get your numbers.
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Old 05-14-2008, 02:58 PM
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Yeah, but exxon has more money than 90% of americans, combined.

The people that charge you 18c a gallon also provide the roads you drive on, the police to keep them safe, and all the other pieces of infrastructure that you take for granted.

Exxon gives you gas. Hell, if it wasn't profitable, would they still be selling it? Business 101.

Exxon is kind of a large corporation, employing thousands of people and supporting a couple hundred thousand if not millions of stockholders. I think they're supposed to have more money than 90% of Americans. Never the less, I'd love to see where you get your numbers.
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Old 05-14-2008, 05:47 PM
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The value of all Exxon stock is $475 Billion:

XOM: Key Statistics for EXXON MOBIL CP - Yahoo! Finance

53% of Exxon is owned by 1,643 institutions:

XOM: Major Holders for EXXON MOBIL CP - Yahoo! Finance
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