tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post5635180632645156830..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: The Windfall Profits Tax: The New Class Warfaremike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-16298119510137678152008-06-15T14:09:00.000-07:002008-06-15T14:09:00.000-07:00Brazil's energy status has more to do with its cli...Brazil's energy status has more to do with its climate and place near the equator than with anything else. You cannot grow sugercane so well here in the United States. The climate, the soil and the amount of sunlight needed are just wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-30824095086214787772008-06-12T03:37:00.000-07:002008-06-12T03:37:00.000-07:00wmuaimsYou stated that the Windfall Profits Tax is...wmuaimsYou stated that the Windfall Profits Tax is "nothing less than fascist". Wrong! Fascism is when a government and big business are in bed together [kind of like what we have now]. When Corporate Fat Cats merge with their competition, squash their competition by their sheer size, or participate in rigged markets, I say to Hell with them! It is the Fat Cats and speculators who have declared class warfare on the Middle Class!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-14477848519934992872008-06-10T11:01:00.000-07:002008-06-10T11:01:00.000-07:00Yes, I am worried for our country when the governm...Yes, I am worried for our country when the government starts trying to determine what a reasonable profit is. They also don't take into account that exxon's profit margin is roughly only 11%. Then they give 20% of the 11% to shareholders. The price of gas stinks, but taxing companies and reducing supply isn't the way to lower the prices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com