Re: Now we know where oil company profits go?

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From: Bert Hyman
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:25

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timeOday-UNSPAM@theknack.net (timeOday) wrote in
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> Bert Hyman wrote:
>> bearclaw@cruller.invalid () wrote in
>> news:bearclaw-CEC938.11093515092006 @news.supernews.com:
>> 
>> 
>>>Whee! We're in the money!
>> 
>> 
>> So? 
>> 
>> It's not your money; why would you care how it's spent?
>> 
> 
> Oil executives don't have a god-given right to profit from natural 
> resources while everybody else pays through the nose.  They don't
> "make" oil, they just pump it from the ground.

Then presumably, you could do the same.

The exploration, drilling, pumping, pipelines, tankers and storage
facilities are all free for the taking, so go for it. 

-- 
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse.com

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