[Lunatic Fringe]

Profit made by ExxonMobil: $8 Billion
Taxes paid by ExxonMobil: $34 Billion

Who should be the apologetic ones????

[plangent]

nutty reporting.

Exxon - profit margin 10.6%

J.P. Morgan - profit margin 10.6%

Procter&Gamble - Proft margin 12.7%

Pfizer - profit margin 15.7%

Motorola - profit margin 12.4%

Pepsico (frito lay, taco bell) - 12.5%

Altria (formerly Philip Morris) - 15.0%

Where's the OTHER outrage?

There is none because hese companies pay off handsomly for their investors -- (including Senators)

H.J. Heinz - Profit margin 7.65 %

Kohls departmet stores - profit margin 42.8% (2002)