Tuesday
Apr012008
Protesting profits
Demonstrators on Capitol Hill protest profits of oil companies and call for investment in renewable energy on a day where gas prices have reached a national average of $3.29 per gallon.
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BP America, Chevron, Shell, exxon, gas prices, oil and gas subsidies, oil profits in Pictures, White House
BP America, Chevron, Shell, exxon, gas prices, oil and gas subsidies, oil profits in Pictures, White House
Reader Comments (1)
Over the past 25 years, the "big bad oil companies" have paid up $2.2 trillion dollars in tax (adjusted for inflation). That is more than three times the profit that they made in the same period.
Source: http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/1168.html
I am supposing that these protesters were trying to get attention from their senators. Senators do little more than complain and blame Bush and the Republican party.