[JustAnotherOkie]

The execs should have presented the back door per gallon tax revenue increases compared to their per gallon profits.

[HOTTIEBOY]

Let's say you start your own business in a free trade capitalist society. It costs x amount of dollars for you to produce your product so you sell it for x amount more to earn a profit. You goal in running this company is to make as much profit as possible. Your customers have a choice whether they want to buy this product or not. Where is the line drawn where the gubmit steps in and tells you that you are making too much profit.