OK,DU a poll about exxon profits that needs our love

[w8liftinglady]

1. What should the government do about profits such as the record annual earnings posted by Exxon Mobil?
Impose a windfall tax 23%
Impose oil price controls 26%
Leave the company alone 45%
Not sure 5%

total responses to this

http://money.cnn.com/index.html?cnn=yes

[babylonsister]

1. Leave the company alone? People are bound and determined

to vote against their best interests. :wtf:

[Eugene]

7. It's the business section. Readership is skewed to the right.

Done.

26% support for price controls is an impressive showing for that kind of forum.

[MadisonProgressive]

13. Leave that poor wittle company alone, you bullies!

:puke:

[ComerPerro]

14. Don't you know that the magical free market, guided

by the invisible hand of Adam Smith himself, will come in and correct this?

[samhsarah]

2. 45% say leave the company alone????

Fascism doesn't need to force it's way into America, we welcome it with open arms. Jesus.

[w8liftinglady]

15. THAT was the part that bothered me.

[quaoar]

3. Done

1. What should the government do about profits such as the record annual earnings posted by Exxon Mobil?
Impose a windfall tax 23%
Impose oil price controls 26%
Leave the company alone 45%
Not sure 5%

total responses to this question: 11347

[marmar]

4. Done....

Seems that OUR vote is being divided amongst the impose price controls and impose a windfall tax categories.

[madmom]

6. I noticed this also, and if you add the two together......

but that's the divide and conquer thing again.

[Ian David]

5. I voted for windfall taxes

But every time I see an SUV filling-up for $3.00 gallon, I sit there in my Toyota Prius and laugh.

Maybe expensive gasoline is what we need to get people to start conserving?

Meanwhile, have you noticed that car dealers are selling giant SUVs with "Free gasoline for a year" now?

1. What should the government do about profits such as the record annual earnings posted by Exxon Mobil?
Impose a windfall tax 23%
Impose oil price controls 26%
Leave the company alone 45%
Not sure 5%
total responses to this question: 11347

[Greybnk48]

8. windfall taxes here

I can't for the life of me imagine who would say leave the company alone!! Being pissed about gas and heating oil prices seems to cross party lines.

[snappyturtle]

9. Done. Don't windfall taxes...

just fuel the coffers of the administration? If price controls were enacted we'd get "something"!

[w8liftinglady]

10. good point

[NewJeffCT]

12. I voted for price controls

I don't think you can accurately impose a windfall tax. If you reach X billion in profits, do you then tax? or, is it revenues? or % profit?

[rg302200]

11. Done n/t

[w8liftinglady]

16. c'mon DU-you are putting a dent in it :)

1. What should the government do about profits such as the record annual earnings posted by Exxon Mobil?
Impose a windfall tax 24%
Impose oil price controls 27%
Leave the company alone 44%
Not sure 5%