Do you know what I find odd?
If you Google "Exxon "40.6 billion"", you get 1,860 results, 98% of which are carping about Exxon's "outrageous" profits.
If you Google "Exxon "105.7 billion"", you get seven results, none of which are about Exxon's 2007 taxes. [I tried other varieties, like "105.6 billion" and "105 billion", pretty much the same results. I think each of those had ONE article that showed Exxon's 2007 taxes.]
The media and the government (but I repeat myself...) are hiding that information from us. I finally found it right on Exxon's website:
2007 2006 Income taxes 29,864 27,902 Sales-based taxes 31,728 30,381 All other taxes 44,091 42,393 Total taxes 105,683 100,676 ======================================================= Net Income 40,610 39,500
Apples and oranges, indeed.
The Republicrats and the Demopubs appear to be doing quite well for themselves - at our expense...
Exxon made $1.1 billion dollars more in 2007 than it did in 2006 - while the government made $5 billion more from Exxon in 2007 than it did in 2006.
Nice work, if you can get it!
And the New York Times & Wikipedia will cover for you, to boot! SWEET!