On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:02:37 -0700, "Jim E" wrote:

"Cliff" wrote in message news:

Their solution of course is to tax the oil companies.

Compared to giving them billions of dollars in corporate
neocon government welfare & no-bid contracts ....
--
Cliff

Gee, If you tax the **** out of the oil companies, what do you think the
chances are that the oil companies will pass the increased cost of business
on to the consumer?

They live under the mistaken idea that corporations pay taxes (which
fits in nicely with their idea that corporations will sell products at
a net loss). The fact is, the consumer pays all of a corporation's
taxes, salaries, benefits and bonuses... But then these people also
think that the government has and/or generates its own money (and
doesn't acquire that money by taking it from the citizens).

Retief