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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts) Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:01 PM Feb 2012

The Biggest 5 Oil Companies Made 135 Billion in Profit Last Year

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The Biggest 5 Oil Companies Made 135 Billion in Profit Last Year (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 OP

What would their profits have been without the subsidies? Huh? MrCoffee Feb 2012 #1

if you ask them (and they have been asked), their profit would have been 135 billion. unblock Feb 2012 #2

They are just arrogant monsters. proud2BlibKansan Feb 2012 #3

MrCoffee

(24,159 posts)

1. What would their profits have been without the subsidies? Huh?

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:02 PM

Feb 2012

I don't want to live in a world where oil companies only make 125 billion in profit.

unblock

(52,113 posts)

2. if you ask them (and they have been asked), their profit would have been 135 billion.

Reply to MrCoffee (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 03:05 PM

Feb 2012

because if they lose their subsidies they'll just pass the "cost" on to consumers.

no kidding, honestly, they claim to not make a dime off the subsidies, they want them only for the benefit of their customers.

proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)

3. They are just arrogant monsters.

Reply to unblock (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 13, 2012, 08:44 PM

Feb 2012

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