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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop
http://www.exxonmobilperspectives.co...k-at-our-10-k/
They pay plenty, not too mention all the $ collected per gallon by the federal government. I know your agenda is for no one to profit and the world to be covered with roses and nobody has to actually DO anything to get the things they need/want but that isn't reality.
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No. That's the
opposite of what I want. I want the United States to be fair chance for everybody - not just the wealthiest corporations that own Congress and live off the taxpayers dime. I want the taxpayers to regain control of their government. I want each taxpayer to have the same opportunity to work hard and succeed in this country - something I've seen taken away over the past several decades. I want people to be able to work hard and become as wealthy as they wish due to their hard work.
Right now, I see the wealthy living off the poor, and the biggest companies squandering the chance of any little company to have a start-up due to favorable laws they purchase in their favor, and corporations owning our political process start to finish. I see the taxpayer no longer having any voice in Washington as they don't contribute big bucks, and now they no longer have a voice in electing their representatives due to Citizens United.
We live in a plutocracy. Not a democracy. And I want our democracy back.
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If you end subsidies for them you need to end them for everyone, this I am in favor of. EVERYONE, private citizens, private companies and public companies. All pay the same "fair share".
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I could go for that. But we have to start somewhere. Do you agree with starting with the Big Five massively profitable oil companies, or not?