Exxon posts $10.5b profit, 2nd highest quarterly profit ever for a U.S. company

[Maggie_May]

Doesn't that just give you warm feeling all over. Bush's buddies making all that money off me and you.

[dubykc]

1. 2nd highest...

and the first highest was the same company Q4 last year. Go figure.

[acmejack]

2. Fortunately, no one was taken advantage of.

[muntrv]

3. No one nickels and dimes consumers like Exxon.

[madmusic]

4. A little perspective:

House passes $40 billion in changes to aid programs
Student loans, welfare, Medicare among services affected

Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post

Thursday, February 2, 2006

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Deficit-reduction legislation

Highlights of the five-year bill that the House passed by a vote of 216-214 on Wednesday:

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-- Welfare overhaul: Extends the 1996 welfare reform law, freezing core funding at $74.3 billion over five years, while tightening work requirements. Provides $11.7 billion for child care subsidies for welfare recipients required to work.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/02/02/MNGMIH1F331.DTL