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To: jec41
Only 25% of its business and investment is in the US. Good luck boycotting.
Only 25%? Ask the Exxon shareholders if a 25% reduction is so insignificant.
Venezuela just tried a government power play and they simply just got up and left.
If that's true I'll bet if Venezuela was 25% of its business and investment they would've sung a different tune.
23 posted on 04/26/2006 8:24:35 AM PDT by lewislynn (Fairtax = lies, hope, wishful thinking, conjecture and lies. (no it's not a mistake)
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To: lewislynn
Actually I made a mistake. It was 25% in North America not the US

"ExxonMobil and its affiliated companies are present on a world scale, doing business in some 200 countries and territories. We explore for oil and natural gas on six of the seven continents and are the world's largest non-government gas marketer and reserves holder."

Exxon is a brand name and on many stations. However in the US 90% of all service stations are individually owned no matter who's brand is being used. Exxon is a oil supplier and its oil can be sold anywhere in the world. If US buyers don't want their oil it will simply be picked up by other traders and countries. Most of it's reserves are not in the US and their is no requirement that they sell them in the US

26 posted on 04/26/2006 8:56:58 AM PDT by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
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