----------t125eagle said:holy cow! those companies are making a killing..so why are people blaming Bush? he is not the ceo of any of those buisnesses.
taxpayer said:----------
Its on Bushs watch and he has not addressed this price gouging of Americans and doesn't seem like he really cares about it.
Bush is the CEO of American citizens. He should be protecting American citizens.
Kandahar said:Yeah, how dare those big bad evil oil companies "take advantage" of the situation by, umm...selling their oil at the market value? Oh wait, that's called supply and demand, not price gouging.
SouthernDemocrat said:What was it that Truman said? Something like: "I work for 150 million Americans, the other 20 million can afford to buy their own lobbysts".
taxpayer said:-----------------
HA! The good old "supply and demand" saying!
Just a mild way of saying "price gouging" or "screwing Americans"!
taxpayer said:On C-Span-2 today!
American oil companys are having a ball taking advantage of the oil countrys high prices and taking advantage of the aftermats of Katrina!
galenrox said:I personally have no problems with their profits. I think they're doing just fine, so I'd say it's high time we cut off government subsidies of them and let them fly on their own.
Them selling their product at market value is what they're supposed to do, the government giving them our tax dollars is exchange for NOTHING is not.
Hoot said:I read that last year, the oil companies made profits of about 257 billion, yes, that's BILLION.
Old and wise said:Well, it is called the free enterprise system. Charge whatever the idots will pay. And the idiots that buy SUV's will pay anything, so why not milk it for all it's worth and screw the little guy that drives a fuel efficient vehicle.
Old and wise said:Well, it is called the free enterprise system. Charge whatever the idots will pay. And the idiots that buy SUV's will pay anything, so why not milk it for all it's worth and screw the little guy that drives a fuel efficient vehicle.
taxpayer said:----------
Its on Bushs watch and he has not addressed this price gouging of Americans and doesn't seem like he really cares about it.
Bush is the CEO of American citizens. He should be protecting American citizens.
SixStringHero said:This is after all the first time in about 60 years that Republicans have held majority.
I don't remember Clinton doing anything in his eight years about this increasing problem. Face it, Dems are no better than repubs when it comes down to it.
And Obama is going to turn into Jackson's protege if keeps making comments that border on playing the race card. I'm sure you all watched ABC News?
Wyldinstinct said:And that's why I drive by the gas station and laugh at all the SUV's lined up to suck on the tit of the oil company. My gas guzzler now rests peacefully at the dealership where I bought my '06 Chevy HHR. 30 mpg never looked so cool!
Stinger said:And take off the regulations too?
Stinger said:Yes he seems to be turning into a race baiting charlatan
Stinger said:So what? It's a meaningless number as you state it.
What was net margin? THAT the number to look at.
What was thier ROI or ROA?
Just stating that they made that much money tells you nothing, if they were only making a 2% net profit then they weren't making much money were they.
And what percentage profit should they be allowed to make in your world?
SixStringHero said:I don't remember Clinton doing anything in his eight years about this increasing problem. Face it, Dems are no better than repubs when it comes down to it.
Wyldinstinct's signature said:Remember when Monica Lewinsky was the worst of our problems?
cnredd said:I don't remember that...
I remember when everyone THOUGHT that, but the last few years have shown that this wasn't the case...
There were many problems much bigger than that but eyes were turned away in favor of positive polling and making everyone "feel good".:notlook:
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