Posted on 07/31/2008 8:27:59 AM PDT by gallaxyglue
Bingo! Those two words, ENVY and JEALOUSY, are the foundation of Socialism. The lazy schmuck says, "I want what he has, and I'll kill him to have it!" Or he'll vote Democrat. As Obama said, "Economic Justice".
They don’t. I work for a company that almost lost a bid one time because a government functionary didn’t know how to read a balance sheet. He thought that becase assets equaled liabilities the company had no operating cash. Seriously. He had no idea that a balance sheet was support to, um, balance.
Here we go again. Time for more Pelosi Big Oil Inquisitions.
Exactly right, it’s about sheer volume not % of profits.
If you sold a thousand ice cream cones on a street corner on a hot summer day, your profits would be up also even if your cones were reasonable.
Liberals are creepy stupid. Obamanation of islam thinks I should just inflate my tires and get a tune up too!
How much did government royalties and taxes at all levels come to?
$20 billion?
$30?
What?
Nintendo
Employees: 3,768
Most recent quarter’s profit: $1.1 billion
$291,932 profit per employee per quarter
$1.1 million profit per employee per year.
ExxonMobile
Employees: 106,100
Most recent quarter’s profit: $10 billion
$94,000 profit per employee per quarter
$377,000 profit per employee per year
Exxon Posts Record $32.36 Billion TAX Payment
istockanalyst.com | July 31, 2008 | Mark J. Perry
Posted on 07/31/2008 11:23:58 PM PDT by bugseye
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2054731/posts
[snip] Although the way CNN reported it is “Exxon posts record $11.68 billion profit.” [end]
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