hungry hungry hippos go to jail

[General_Failure]

You like crack and nothing else.

[MadMarchHare]

Even the CEOs of oil companies seemed embarrased by their profits in the 3rd quarter last year.  They knew a shteinstorm was coming.

[methdeez]

I couldn't agree more.  I was filling up my car with premium @ $2.599/gal on Saturday night, and I realized how totally farged we are on gas prices.  Republicans in power will look the other way while the oil companies make money hand over fist, and then some.  Democrats in power will tax/regulate the living hell out of the oil companies so they would justify having to charge more to the consumers.  Farg them all.

Look the other way! Ha! I wish.
They gave them 2.7 billion in tax cuts this year. The largest tax cut ever ever. To companies who make money hand over fist.

That's what I'm saying, though.  Their profits are through the roof, and they're completely gouging customers, and the Republican-controlled government is keeping them "honest" by giving them tax CUTS.  Awesome.

Exactly. Meanwhile, huge cuts in social services, ports are ungaurded, roads are falling apart, soldiers don't have armour, etc, etc.
It can make you very angry. Until, of course you look around at every other non Western Gov't in the world and realize that you have it sweet.

No one seems to get it.; The govt cuts their taxes, allowing them to be more profitable. Do you think they just bank the extra profits? They pay them to the owners (stock holders) in the form of dividends who the majority of the time reinvest them fueling the expansion of the economy. Or the company reinvests the money creating more jobs and/or fueling the economy. Socialists don't like to admit that this is how a free market economy works, but this is a free economics lesson. I enjoy reinvestging dividend checks. I like increasing my wealth, don't the rest of you?

Or executives at the company make 200x what other employees at the company make. They don't always re-invest in themselves.
And what exactly is free-market about giving cetain companies tax breaks while others get none.

[stillupfront]

And what exactly is free-market about giving cetain companies tax breaks while others get none.

You always gotta pick a horse in the race.

Free tip Western Refining is gonna IPO at $15-$17 a share.

Go buy it.

You will make 20-25% in the next 6 months.

That's a great ROI!

[Diomedes]

Somehow, it's perfectly appropriate that stilloncrack has hijacked this thread.  That knock on the door is the feds, bro.  Don't bother to hide the glass dick, they've got you on much worse charges than a little dirty rock.

[Cerevant]

This is pretty twisted - ok, so anonymous trolling is now illegal.  Define anonymous...  If they can track the message to the perp, the troll is no longer anonymous, eh?

[MadMarchHare]

I heart unenforceable law!