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Originally Posted by aklim
I got a bigger number 404 Billion. That is what they spent to make that 36 billion. I doubt you could understand the significance of it if 36 billion can boggle your puny mind.
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And your point is?
Yes, the company spent money. All companies do.
I own TWO businesses, BTW, I'm not unaware of how business
works.
But oil and gas are one of the things that can make or break
the economy.
If fuel prices go up, it costs more to ship things across the country.
When it costs more, the end consumer pays the bill.
If the end consumer cannot afford to pay more for fuel, food,
clothing, etc then they cannot BUY the things needed to go to
work, feed their families and put clothes on their backs.
If the Exxon-Mobils of the country could make a few bucks less
in PROFIT (that what's left AFTER all the bills are paid, BTW)
then maybe those who are in the Have-nots column could afford
fuel, food, medicine, clothing and an occassional night out with
the family.
Notice that I added medicine and the occassional night out.
Medicine is a need that many have to go without because other
things get too expensive (food trucked by diesel trucks across the country).
The occassional night out is needed for the economy to flurish.
So, I get it.
I don't get when anyone other than those rich with oil stocks aren't outraged when oil companies announce $36B in profits when our economy is in the sinker.