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To: VU4G10

Here we go...


2 posted on 04/27/2006 9:53:51 AM PDT by RedCell
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To: RedCell

On sales of almost 90 Billion. Big deal.


8 posted on 04/27/2006 9:57:30 AM PDT by Trust but Verify (( ))
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To: RedCell
O.K. I believe it was Neal Cavuto saying that Exxon/Mobile makes about .09 per gallon of gas. That's 93,333,333,333.30 gallons to make 8.4 Billion in profit. The average tax on gasoline is .50 per gallon x 93,333,333,333.30 = 46.666 Billion for the government. Who's screwing who? The old government also gets the taxes from from BIG OIL.
26 posted on 04/27/2006 10:07:45 AM PDT by poobear (The most critical job that Americans will no longer do: Vote for Democrats!)
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To: RedCell
The "news" (That's what this jibberish is claimed to be) lives off of conflict.
27 posted on 04/27/2006 10:07:48 AM PDT by Red6
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To: RedCell

As that guy on Rush pointed out the other day, liberals are OK with huge profits only when the persons making them are not providing a service essential to society. Entertainers are not begrudged their millions, while businessmen are villified for theirs, if they are so lucky or skilled as to have made them.


28 posted on 04/27/2006 10:08:03 AM PDT by Sam Cree (Delicacy, precision, force)
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To: RedCell

Why is discussing a companies profits in unadjusted dollars deceptive?

The rational used to decry Exxon’s profits as measured in raw dollars, could just as easily be used to argue that minimum wage workers are making RECORD pay. It’s true that the minimum wage is larger (in raw dollars) than it ever has been, a RECORD HIGH!

However, because of inflation, that RECORD HIGH (!) wage doesn’t really buy more than it ever has, perhaps less.


50 posted on 04/27/2006 10:32:24 AM PDT by ElTianti
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