[okie01]

My point was, the opil companies never explain their position to the public. They let the Dems blow their cyclical profits out of proportion; never explaining a 5% return on sales.

The problem is, I believe, that the federal government has gotten so big -- and so powerful -- that every corporation in every industry is flat afraid to confront them.

With the government positioned (and willing) to inflict greivous damage on a company's markets, operations and finances (and profits), there is no percentage in trying to defend yourself. Especially with the Democrats having brought political extortion to a high art.

Better to cower publically and lobby privately -- and pay the "protection money" -- than to come out fighting.

[Cobra64]

When we owned both Houses and the White House, corporate America was cowering.