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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
What makes them evil is that they are able to get away with chemically altering the atmosphere -- which is shifting a HUGE cost onto all the rest of us. The fact that they are now earning the largest profits *ever* and we are also *giving* them money is just crazy. They do not need $4 Billion dollars.
They need to account for *all* the real costs of burning oil.
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We aren't giving them any money.. But, they (like Apple, IBM, Ford, GE, GM Etc)
Manufacture products! So, they get to keep some of the money they earn..
They get a tax break..
(Did I hear that GE paid Zero taxes last year)??
Some breaks are better than others. Apple gets a much bigger break than the oil companies..
How about we attack the top 40 on this list?? Tax the heck out of them!
Fortune 500 2011: Top Performers - Most Profitable Companies: Profits
But, just those that "manufacture" stuff (provide jobs) and leave the big banks & investors alone..?.
Yeah, because the US Gov knows all about business and how they can
make everything fair to those bottom 50% who pay all those taxes..
(Never mind, they don't pay taxes)..
The president submitted his budget yesterday.
The house wrote it up into a bill and sent it to the senate.
Guess how many Democrats Senators voted for it.?.
Zero, because none of them think it's a good idea to increase cost at the pump...