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    • Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion [view article]
      Sorry for going off topic at the end of my rant. my basic points are:
      Don't be mad at exxon for making a profit it's what there supposed to do - many people with 401k and other plans benefit from this.

      The government makes many times what Exxon & others do for doing litteraly nothing other than income redistribution.

      Exxon does not set the world crude oil price. Supply & demand does.

      Reduced refinary capacity, ethanol boondoggles (we now import refined gasoline & ethanol from other countries) and the dozens of gasoline formulas are all major components to high gas prices.

      MY final point is that just because Exxon makes a lot of money doesn't mean that no one else can - profit is not a pie, they didn't keep anyone else from making money by taking there piece. We live in a wonderful country full of freedom & opportunity - go out and start your own Exxon!


      Feb 26 11:13 PM
    • Exxon's 2007 Tax Bill: $30 Billion [view article]
      In the wonderful state of Minnesota, between the fed & state taxesthe government makes almost 45 cents per gal. (going up very soon!) that is roughly 5 times as much as the oil company makes per gallon. The govt. does nothing other than takes 41 percent from a law abiding company that provides one of the most wonderful product that improves everyones life including people that are foolish enough to whine that the UNITED STATES isn't fair! For goodness sakes get off your butt & work. This is the greatest country God gave man! If you can't make it here (the country where the "poor" are fat,have tv,cell phones,cars ,beds,roof overhead etc.) I tend to think it's your fault! I don't believe it is my fault, Exxon's, George Bush's or any one else who has worked hard and succeded! Take a good hard look in the mirror - and before any of you write back about that I sound like a spoiled rich kid, guess again ! I have drug my self up from a poor childhood, drugs,alcohol & a number of phsyical problems through faith, hard work & very little luck. I now own my own company, have a wonderful wife of over 13 years (first wife) & have a wonderful, bright, lovely, empathetic seven year old daughter. Good lord this is a wonderful country!! My 5 sibblings also have comperable stories (also all on their first spouse's) one of them has even risen to the ranks of a general in the US military, all of us from the same humble, bleak & trying beginings. Once again, maybe its not the rest of the world that's the problem, quit whinning, put your head down and push forward. God bless you & this great nation. Feb 26 10:17 PM
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