There hasn't been too many industries in the US that have been made more
efficient by getting the government involved.
On Sep 23, 2007, at 11:51 AM, don wrote:
> I wouldn't say they need to be charities, but maybe nationalized
> would be
> one way to deal with their power to screw us all- not just with the
> prices/profits, but their use of it to lobby governments, to hire
> mercenaries in other countries to get oil, and to finance public
> opinion
> manipulating think tanks here in the US.
>
>
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Friday, February 2, 2007; Page D01
>
> It was a hard act to follow, but
> <http://financial.washingtonpost.com/custom/wpost/html-qcn.asp?
> dispnav=business&mwpage=qcn&symb=XOM&nav=el>Exxon
> Mobil has managed quite an encore.
>
> After ringing up the biggest annual profit figure in U.S. corporate
> history
> in 2005, Exxon Mobil yesterday announced that it topped that number in
> 2006. Riding the wave of high crude oil and gasoline prices, the
> company
> reported a profit of $39.5 billion, up 9 percent from the year before.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> At 06:13 PM 09/22/2007, David Breneman wrote:
>
>> --- RampantNM@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> Because they don't HAVE to. Oil companies are profit making mother
>>> fu....Ah... I mean ,,,enterprises.
>>
>> I suppose you believe they should operate as charities?
>>
>>
>> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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