In article >, terrable wrote:

> If $8.4 billion in profits is massive, then what are the $25.8 billion in
> taxes that Exxon Mobil paid in the first quarter (an 11 percent increase
> over last year)? Why doesn't the news media publicize the fact that Exxon
> Mobil's taxes are more than three time their profits?

If all the oil companies actually pay that much, maybe they can pay for
the oil wars.