Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Cybe R. Wizard wrote: >> US $9,900,000,000 (billion) profits /by one oil company/ in one >> quarter when retail prices were skyrocketing. Does that seem like the >> oil cartel has the American interests at heart? > > Didn't I address just this in a message 2 days ago? I make a widget for > $1, sell it for $1.10, make $.10 and everything's ok. I make 2 trillion > widgets for $1, sell them for $1.10, make 20 billion and there's a > congressional hearing into the matter even though the price per widget, my > profit margin, never changed.
The situation is a little be different here. They're not suddenly selling 2 trillion widgets instead of one. They are selling each one of them for $1.50 instead of $1.10. And why do they need special tax breaks when they seem to do well? Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
