Thomas SR asked: Both Pepsi and Coke had huge windfall profits during the past fiscal year that make “Big Oil’s” look pitiful in comparison, should they have their corporate taxes raised to penalize them for their successful marketing and sales?
Remember, both of these companies have purposefully pumped their products full of caffeine in order to cause addiction amongst their hapless consumers. They deserve our collective scorn.
What say you?
BrushPicks asked: when there is not enough oil to sell in the US ?
compared to the 1990′s and early 2000′s when there are abundant oil to sell ?
Sassy One asked: But turn Socialist when they need a bail out?
joe4912004 asked: AP; Exxon Mobil earns $11.68 billion, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any US corporation.
You think there is a correlation between off-the-chart gas prices and their profits?
Can you spell oligopoly?
citiboi asked: If the smaller companies want to leave the US because they don’t want to give health-care to their employees let them go (Obama). We will be just fine without their greed (McCain).
Hi asked: And how long will be before George W. Bush will be on their payroll?
huge money
T-Bone asked: How much profit per gallon does “Big Oil” make on gasoline, would it be a big savings or not, what say you?
Milton’s Fan asked: Clinton recently announced that she wants to take the profits of big oil? If she can take money from companies, which in essence is taking money from numerous shareholder’s, employees, executives, and ultimately the consumers of big oils’ products (for those of you who understand anything about economics), then why can’t we take her excess book deal profits?
Have Gun, Will Travel. Paladin asked: It’s okay for the government to tax Joe Sixpacks windfall winnings from state operated lotteries?
I know what the standard answer is, let’s try something original.
Anti-Socialist asked: being so addicted to oil?