MarkK wrote:
Worded differently, Exxon charged an extra $43 billion
to/from its customers, and remitted that money to the Fed.

BTW CNN reported that Exxon, everyones favorite target, paid
$43
billion last year in US taxes



lets look at a small but specific example of the tax code that some
of us might be familiar with...

why can a high level ceo that has a company limo take pick him up and
take him to /from work deduct the cost of the limo and the driver and
the gas and the maintenance.....

but

an ordinary working stiff CANNOT deduct commuting costs.

why is that fair?

this is just a small but specific example of how the rules of the
game are slanted to help the very rich get richer...


That's not exactly true. Every morning, Sheila Jackson-Lee, a congresswoman
from Houston, has a member of her staff pick her up at her townhouse in
Washington and deliver her to the Capitol, three blocks away.