Originally posted by Cais
Okay, you're right Aristotle. I guess compartively meager was the wrong wording. I should have said.... Would they prefer to go back to their still enormous revenues from there still even more enormous revenue. I was just trying to emphasise the current rise in profits, and expenses for the consumer.
Was that so hard? I had a feeling this was what you meant, which was why I didn't slaughter you for the "comparatively meager" comment initially. I just had to respond to it. Thus I was kinda shocked when you chose to try and defend it.

And yes, it is clear they don't want to come back from outer space into the upper atmosphere of profits.

The talk of windfall taxes and such are feel good, political "quick fixes" that set a bad precedent. The real fix is not to do stuff like let Exxon and Mobil merge, and to actually crack down on their anti-competitive behaviors that violate antitrust laws.

Or even better real fixes: like raise the CAFE standard to 40 mpg and make a real effort to get us off our oil dependence. But on these two I'm just dreaming.