maybe i missed it and someone has said this already, but those of you complaining about the windfall tax are overlooking the fact that oil companies get billion in tax BREAKS for anything from development to distribution. They also have the US governmnet to cover for them in many countries where they are invested.
also, apple makes its money from intellectual property. exxon, and other oil companies, make their money from fossil fuels, which they have no right to except that they make the investment to go get it. however, fossil fuels are much closer to a public good, which means there can be a vested interest in government intervention in this market. and government intervention there is.
further, apple profits, were around $352 million. not quite exxon range.
to argue that oil companies fit right into the concept of supply and demand is a real stretch, in my opinion.
How is it an ignorant and dumb statement to identify America as an unscrupulous country? Did I mention anywhere in my post that America was the ONLY unscrupulous country?
Too quick with that sniper rifle...makes you look like a horse's patoot.
Why dont you just say that. You directly say that America is unscrupulous. It is wrong to say "Blacks are lazy" then say later after criticism "Well, I didnt say ONLY Blacks."
America, no matter how retarded Dubya is, is still a great country with fair and honest people along with the rest of the world. Dont try to stereotype what isnt there. Go take a look at the Bill/Melinda Gates Foundation and the plenty of other awesome work people from America do.
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It's no just the Left. The Right has their own crosses to bear. They are no better.
They are all thieves. Every single one of them.
I agree. The Republicans have totally pussed out on fiscal responsibility now. The President said as much in the State of the Union when he called for massive increases in health care.
That's why I don't get it when the radical left accuses Bush of being some crazy budget slashing Libertarian-Conservative. He's nothing of the sort. Fiscally he's the same as Clinton—maybe worse.
As much as the War in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost us it still pales in comparison to the rest of bullshit our taxes go to. I might be drifting to far into hyperbole but maybe AOL/Time Warner should just buy the government! At least evil multinational corporations know how to be financially responsible!
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then say later after criticism "Well, I didnt say ONLY Blacks."
Well, if the discussion is about kids who don't do their chores, and someone says "Blacks are lazy", then we have a context issue. If the criticism is valid and relevant to the discussion, then it has a purpose. What was your purpose?
I agree. The Republicans have totally pussed out on fiscal responsibility now. The President said as much in the State of the Union when he called for massive increases in health care.
That's why I don't get it when the radical left accuses Bush of being some crazy budget slashing Libertarian-Conservative.
I've never said that, and I've never really heard it either. No, I tend to think of Bush as a reactive, socially uptight, regressive, war-loving (in a Tommy Two-Pump sort of way), church pandering, militant overspender who wants nothing more than to exhaust our national coffers in a way where we'll have nothing of value to show for it.
No, I've never considered him a libertarian, and I've never seen him as fiscally conservative.
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also, apple makes its money from intellectual property. exxon, and other oil companies, make their money from fossil fuels, which they have no right to except that they make the investment to go get it. however, fossil fuels are much closer to a public good, which means there can be a vested interest in government intervention in this market. and government intervention there is.
further, apple profits, were around $352 million. not quite exxon range.
to argue that oil companies fit right into the concept of supply and demand is a real stretch, in my opinion.
America, no matter how retarded Dubya is, is still a great country with fair and honest people along with the rest of the world. Dont try to stereotype what isnt there. Go take a look at the Bill/Melinda Gates Foundation and the plenty of other awesome work people from America do.
I agree. The Republicans have totally pussed out on fiscal responsibility now. The President said as much in the State of the Union when he called for massive increases in health care.
That's why I don't get it when the radical left accuses Bush of being some crazy budget slashing Libertarian-Conservative. He's nothing of the sort. Fiscally he's the same as Clinton—maybe worse.
As much as the War in Iraq and Afghanistan has cost us it still pales in comparison to the rest of bullshit our taxes go to. I might be drifting to far into hyperbole but maybe AOL/Time Warner should just buy the government! At least evil multinational corporations know how to be financially responsible!
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What does that have to do with the subject?
Because I don't have to. Most people understand my point
Now, we're getting somehwere. Yes, I did say just that.
Not if it's true.
Well, if the discussion is about kids who don't do their chores, and someone says "Blacks are lazy", then we have a context issue. If the criticism is valid and relevant to the discussion, then it has a purpose. What was your purpose?
We are discussing a for-profit American company...not a non-profit philanthropy organization, or non-American, unscrupulous, capitalist corporation.
Your apples and oranges are without merit in this discussion.
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No, I've never considered him a libertarian, and I've never seen him as fiscally conservative.