[neverhillorat]

Are you trying to tell us that dirty rotten big oil invests some of it`s blood money profits back into their business?

[thackney]

That is why their profit margins stay around 10% when the oil prices have tripled. The money is pouring back into the industry. Which is why that job market and equipment sales have been booming for the last couple of years.

[MinorityRepublican]

The government (Federal and State) are the ones profiting from this the most, not the evil oil companies.