Give me a break. Who do you think is making fat profits from $4.00 gasoline? And why do you think it is fat profits anyway? Europe pays a heck of a lot higher for gas than we do and they are not complaining about fat profits. Just because you think prices are high doesn't make them obscene. It is called free market. The American people can switch to small cars like in Europe and solve the higher gas price problem. But no, people are still buying the bigger cars and trucks.
My guess is the ones making any profit are the commodities traders. Most oil companies hedge their bets by buying/selling oil contracts well into the future. Any immediate spike in gas prices does not accrue to them. Neither do gas station operators make a profit; they have to buy gas at higher wholesale prices. The state of Connecticut allows only a certain markup over wholesale so forget them. Truckers don't make any profit either plus their costs are going up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "MB Software Solutions, LLC" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Obama's America > On 4/26/2011 11:17 AM, Nicholas Geti wrote: >> I sure do get tired of hearing about fat cats. Without the incentive to >> get >> rich who would bother to make the effort. Greed is what drives profits. >> Greed is what drives initiative to invent new products. Greed pays the >> bills. I don't see skinny cats paying any income taxes. >> >> Who is to decide whether profits are obscene? I own stocks and want to >> see >> double obscene profits. Do you want the government to decide what is >> obscene? Don't make me laugh. Are you one of the liberals who want to >> take >> everything from the haves and give it to the have nots? > > > Making a profit is one thing, but gouging us with $4+/gal gas prices and > announcing RECORD PROFITS is obscene. Robin Hood, no, but sick of this > kind of gouging, yes. However, that's what Capitalism is all > about--profits--and I'm ok with that, but I want choice. Right now, we > really have no choice other than to not drive (not realistic) or take > public transportation (which isn't a huge savings either). > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/87CEA23300974602BABEC21D02CC3C2D@dual ** 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.
