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Advertisements [ ? ] Edited on Tue Aug-05-08 03:50 PM by Elwood P Dowd They are also forced to work overtime without pay, and their paycheck is withheld until they return to their home country. http://www.economicpopulist.org / US Big Oil Paying Foreign Workers 1/2 Min. Wage on Gulf Oil Rigs Submitted by manfrommiddletown on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 20:29. ...

Recently, a poster on this board attempted to prove that oil companies are gouging prices by offering the example that follows as proof of concept. He further went on to argue that only government intervention, not economic forces, could stop the evil oil companies. His logic seemed to match that of many others on this board, and so I felt it particularly appropriate to bring this ...

By JOHN PORRETTO AP Business Writer 58 minutes ago HOUSTON - Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit for the first time. While the profits of unparalleled size have brought withering criticism from ...

  Recs: 2 Windfall Profits Taxes on Oil Companies BHO and the democrats want to tax oil companies on their "windfall profits", but not big pharma, big aerospace, big entertainment, big tobacco, big food, or big software, many of whom generate higher returns on investment than does the oil industry. He wants to take these tax revenues and redistribute them to middle income ...

  Recs: 0 .....and make the oil companies pay for the plan he should say... It's a better plan then drilling in Alaska. ...pirate... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jul 10, 2008 (Houston Chronicle - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Pickens Plan isn't the boon for energy independence that it purports...

I just wanted to offer a great big thank you to the most generous group in the united states, the oil companies. exxon made $40 billion dollars in profits in 2007. they also paid $30 billion in taxes. something you hear little about. do an internet search for "exxon profits." then do one for "exxon taxes." see which is the more popular search. the oil companies have a very low profit margin. I ...

Oil companies conspiring to kill diesel powered cars? MB exec thinks so....... ........ and the evidence may prove he's actually right! (Old timers here might remember the writer's name ) Quote: Mercedes exec says Big Oil conspiring to kill U.S. diesel market Michael Taylor. (Leftlane News June ...

The oil companies already have plenty of places to drill including off shore. Are you really so ignorant that all you can do is echo talking points? You ever think of this issue from a business perspective? No doubt you're ignorant of business too because if you looked at the business model for the oil companies you wouldn't find any difference between them and any other exploration ...

While we're talking about Prime Contractors and WCB, just a reminder that if you have work done on your house, you may be a Prime Contractor, with all the legal repercussions that entails if someone gets hurt. This is something to talk to your renovators about.

I wanted the take on the facts(?) quoted by the author of the article. I smell BS myself but sometimes these ultra left types stumble on something and I wanted to know if there is any substance to their allegations. To me it looks like something that would be published in the 'Onion', just enough fact to be plausible and the rest flights of fancy.

Obviously, as you indicated in your question, if we raise their costs (taxes), they'll raise their prices. There's a remote chance that if we lower their costs (taxes), they'll lower the price of their product - but I doubt it would amount to any significant drop at the consumer level. We have unfortunately build our whole economic infrastructure on cheap energy - and cheap energy is no ...

Quote, originally posted by AZhitman » I did too. In Alabama. Gifted program, not private school. Gregg Alabama schools! Now I'm beginning to understand you and your posts I wouldn't brag about that if I were you. No wonder you back McCain! I don't have the list handy but are there any Alabama schools in the top 100? How about the top 1000 or do we have to reach to ...

The biggest problem will be on the economy as a whole not just oil. Tens of millions of jobs will be lost worldwide, taxes will be higher and times will just get harder. Plus it would be useless.

Unfortunately, the only person that wins in a class action suite is the lawyer representing the case. I think I got $.46 from one once.