Additionally the more profit the oil companies make the more revenue is generated in the form of corporate taxes.

I believe Exxon pays something like a 46% tax rate.

-spence

You read, 4% profit and you think, "Well in comparison to other industries, that's really not a profitable business." But the math on that is tricky. You have to take into account the scale of the goods purchased and the amount people spend per year on the product, and the fact that people buy continually as prices rise.

This is the sort of BS that makes any argument you make, suspect and proofs what most people think. Anything you say is based on your hatred of Bush.

No mention that Halliburton is the only company that can handle most of the work that they are bidding on. We had our own "American Union" unaccounted for billions over here too. It was called the Big Dig.

I guess we wouldn't know as nobody else was invited to bid?

More Administration talking points :doh:

You are right though, Halliburton did possess those special skills, you know...delivering tainted water, assembling tents, running a cafeteria, etc...

It's not easy to deliver these services and loose a few billion dollars in the process.

No, they are the only company capable of this. It all makes sense now :cens:

Of course the real irony is that #^&#^&#^&#^& Cheney outsources said services under Bush 41, goes on to lead the company he was outsourcing the services to, then becomes VP and outsources even more services.

But there's no conflict of interest here. Nope, move on, nothing to see...

-spence

I went to stop and get some bread, eggs, and milk at Stop & Shop today.

There were Chinese soldiers guarding the entrances and I saw my step son Travis and his family who happened to be shopping that day as well. Nine soldiers rushed to his car as he was getting out.

He was immediately pushed and shoved and they were seaching him for something. He said something I could`nt hear and he was attacked being head butted by two of the Chinese soldiers and knocked to the ground. There was blood streaming from his face and ear as he hit the pavement hard and two more soldiers kicked him multiple times as he was down with a rifle muzzle to his head. Tess, his wife, ran at the soldiers screaming and she to was knocked to the ground hitting the pavement hard and knocked unconscious. My four grandsons, ages 6 months to 5 years old, were crying which was more like screaming as all this was going on.

My heart ached and my mind & body boiled with anger and hatred for these occupying forces.

Henry Waxman! Now that is a reliable source. I'm not saying the Big Dig is the same as missing billions in the Middle East , which I don't doubt either. Any time you have the goverment involved in handing out billions, you will have corrupt people. It has happened over and over again. This is not something invented by #^&#^&#^&#^& and George.