Exxon Mobil on Thursday announced that it raked in $14.83 billion in its third quarter, breaking its previous record for the highest quarterly profit ever for a U.S. company. John McCain, campaigning in Ohio, declared that "we're not gonna let that happen" again if he's president, neglecting to mention that his tax plan would afford Exxon $1.2 billion in savings.
source: CNNMoney, Think Progress
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ShuffleIt's the same old shuffle facts around and blow smoke up your leg game.Big Politics will never change it's stripes until "We the People" make them change by our vote and our participation in the change.We need to mobilize behind the green energy bandwagon and push it until they all get the message.This is only a start.We have to hold politicians to account for their votes and their misdeeds and mistakes and their corrupt actions.
What's good for..The exxonmob and other multinational oil monopolists is good for US? Hell yeah, double that 18 billion dollar per year corporate welfare for big oil.
That's the McBush philosophy. Nice job voting duuhbyites, keep up the good work. Trust McBush to kill what was left of the economy and democracy along with it.