EXXON gets rise of 56% in quarterly profits.

[havocmom]

No wonder bush*/Cheney don't see anything wrong with the American economy! Their puppet masters are doing just fine from the looks of it.

http://money.excite.com/ht/nw/bus/20041028/hle_bus-n28451486.html

<snip> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, on Thursday reported a 56 percent rise in quarterly profit, driven by soaring oil and gas prices.

Hey, the rest of you Americans, those who don't own oil companies: How ya doing? Got jobs? Got security? Got gas?

[ixion]

1. Shell and BP both reporting huge profits as well

seems like business is booming for Big Oil.

In another reality, this would be called price gouging, but since there are liars, murderers and theives in the WH, it's called a profiable year. :eyes:

[skylarmae]

2. this makes me so angry. there was more of the same earlier this week

the gouging has to stop! But how!??

[wishlist]

3. CNBC said this is largest qtrly profit for any company in history!

Unprecedented profits- coming out of our pockets. We sure have paid for those Bush tax cuts.

[havocmom]

4. Print up the info and put it where people who need to be motivated to vote

will be likely to see it.

Laundry mats
jobs bullitin boards
waiting rooms where ever you can drop 'em off

[TahitiNut]

5. Corporate profits are at all-time highs; taxes on those profits at lows.

When a corporation has little or no incentive to seek marginal revenues through increased employment (the expense of which reduces taxes), and when dividends and capital gains are also now taxed at all-time lows, it's no surprise employment has taken a nose-dive. It's not even a surprise to 'supply-siders' since the deluded will deny it and the predators knew it.

[sandnsea]

7. It's a hard sell

I've tried to explain that one to some people before, higher taxes actually increases employment because corps and business owners seek to do something with what would be profit so they don't have to pay higher tax rates on it. It all seems like some sort of run-away gambling operation to me, profits from stock shares instead of production, tax law that doesn't encourage production, very scary.

[wordout]

6. eXXon = dirty double crossers

[Tsiyu]

8. And while millions of Americans go hungry

and stop taking vital medication because they have to drive, the bloated, greedy, scum-sucking pigs reaping the profits will find a way ( and be given all the ways they can stand) to get out of paying any taxes on that profit.

Great America they want for us! The neo-Con way! Talk about Jesus while you oppress the poor. These are twisted, mentally ill people, DU friends.

[havocmom]

9. Americans need to recognize part of the cost increases for their food

are going to the obscene profits for the oil companies. Food does not get to market on its own. It rides in trucks and those use fuel. The transportation cost increases show up at the supermarket check stand.

[Tsiyu]

12. You are so right

Everything in our stores, EVERYTHING, is carried via trucks requiring fuel. And the manufacturers and farmers producing consumables need fuel to make what we buy.

So we'll just keep suffering, watching young beautiful Americans die for oil, and only imagine the cold-hearted bastards clasping their hands together in delight over all the ill-gotten profits they can't take with them when they die, anyway.

[LSK]

10. i saw on a website somewhere that Tom Delay has most of his money in Exxon

Wish I could find it again, it was a site that had politicians 2003 tax forms on it.

[donsu]

11. today in Key West saw premium gas at $2.40 a gal.

nt

[Nordic]

13. gosh, what a coinkydink! With oilmen in the White House and all!

I'm just amazed this would happen!