just got this email, 15.8 mil per hour.

[madokie]

I know where the Progress Act can get some $:

The largest among them, Exxon Mobil Corp., on Thursday reported net
income of $10.4 billion for the second quarter, up 36% compared with
the same period in 2005. Exxon, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips
and Chevron collected more than $34.4 billion combined in profit in
the three months ended June 30, equal to $379 million per day and
$15.8 million an hour.

$15.8 million per hour? Now that's a nice hourly wage. I don't even
think I can comprehend 15.8 mil per hour.

[hippiechick]

1. I can't comprehend 15.8 Million, period.

:silly:

[madokie]

2. drop a couple zero's and I still can't comprehend

this is as wrong as it gets and not hardly a word in the m$m about it. to me this is an outrage
edited: drop an a

[ThomWV]

3. That's Sad nt

[charlie]

4. Imagine $34.4 billion

meted out at a dollar a second. Helluva wage, $3600 an hour. Need a new car? Wait a few hours. Want a house? Wait a couple of days, a week. At that rate, you wouldn't run out of money for nearly 1100 years.

[rman]

5. Combined profit of 5 largest oil corporations, not hourly wage.

Still astounding though.

Also astounding is the actual hourly wage of the previous Exxon CEO; $13,700 an hour.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?pid=75273
And his retirement package: $400 million.
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/04/14/exxon-ceo-190k-day/

[madokie]

6. thanks, yes it is. I think it is criminal, if it's not it should be

if they were putting the money back into research for the future it would be something but they are not.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. It's a good thing they don't try to influence politicians with that $$$

I mean, if they wanted to, they could cut tax deals, land grabs, environmental policy, elections, even influence foreign policy.

But, seeing as their respectable businesssmen, they would never do such a thing.

[madokie]

8. now I'm scared, I hope you didn't just let the cat out of the bag

with this post. :scared:
:rofl:

[Toots]

9. $4390.00 per second.

If I had only ten minutes of their profits I could retire in luxury..The USA is overspending it's revenues by $100,000.00 per second right now, I wonder how much of that overspending is causing these huge profits on the backs of our grandchildren.