On Friday, May 02, 2008 9:43 AM Stephen Wolfe wrote: >You hit it right on, Ed. The discussion I have been involved in on another list essentially ends up with your conclusion that the base >cost of the 'raw' material is exorbitant, however, everyone finally agreed that the Q4 profits of Exxon were in line with normal profit >not price gouging. OBTW, Exxon had 116 billion Q4 2007 revenue with a profit of >11.6 billion -- 10%. So, the problem is in abnormally inflated 'raw' >material cost.
>Now the rest of the discussion was about what should the US do to neutralize that abnormally high 'raw' material cost. Care to guess >where that part of the thread went? That Iraq should become the 51st state? David L. Crooks _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
