[SeekAndFind]

[DeaconRed]

Look at ZEROS pal GE.
High profits and 0 taxes. . . .

[barmag25]

which is more expensive? A gallon of gas or a gallon of printer ink?

[Puppage]

The lefties I work with are all up in arms about the subsidies that the oil companies receive. Not sure how to counter that. Any ideas?

[wita]

Seems to me, the federal tax take by government on a gallon of gas, is greater than the profit by the companies that explored, drilled for, moved to refinery, refined and distributed to the gas station.

[aruanan]

The petroleum industry is way, way down the list in terms of profits. The government makes more per gallon of gas that any big oil company does.

[eyeamok]

Still waiting for a Detailed analysis of the MASSIVE SUBSIDIES and SPECIAL TAX BREAKS Big Hollywood receives as well as the Court Jesters that perform in the minstrel shows they produce. I mean after all we are treated weekly with The Amount of Money each Movie made on virtually every news channel in America. Shouldn’t Big Hollywood be able to survive WITHOUT TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES??? This is Tax Season, look at your form and you will Find a SPECIFIC DEDUCTION for Court Jester, WHY???? while we are at it, I have not seen a detailed anaylsis on the MASSIVE POLLUTION and WASTED ENERGY by Big Hollywood since Rush’s first Book. WHY??? Change the Storyline to Big Hollywood and use their own Arguments against them while showing pictures of their Lavish Houses paid for TAXPAYER SUBSIDIES.

[JayAr36]

Oil companies profits are well in line with most other major companies in this country but the question I have is why are there reports that fuel has become our biggest EXPORT!

[The Great RJ]

Obama’s demagoguery also portrays bill oil as being owned by a few corporate fat cats. That might have been true 100 years ago when J. D. Rockefeller and a few cronies owned the virtual monopoly Standard Oil, but oil companies today are stock corporations with the majority of stock being held by investors like pension funds, mutual funds and private investors. Less than 5% of oil company stock is held by what could be considered corporate insiders. Obama’s punishing big oil with new taxes simply punishes its investors and will result in added costs being passed on to consumers at the pump.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Government earns far more from the sale of a gallon of gasoline than the oil companies.

You gotta ask yourself, "Who's doing the gouging?"