US oil and defense industry chiefs cash in

[donsu]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HI01Aa01.html

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"CEOs in the defense and oil industries have been able to translate war and rising oil prices into personal jackpots," says a new report, Executive Excess 2006, a 60-page joint study by the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington and the Boston-based United for a Fair Economy.

The report's authors say US taxpayers are funding much of this bonanza and faults US political and congressional leaders for not exercising better and more thorough oversight.

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"Americans across the political spectrum should be outraged by the sight of executives cashing in on war windfalls," says report co-author Sarah Anderson. "Unfortunately, partisan politics has stopped Congress from effectively overseeing this war contracting free-for-all."

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It found that the top 34 CEOs combined have earned almost $1 billion since the September 11 attacks. This would have been enough money to employ and support more than 1 million Iraqis for a year to rebuild their country.
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read on for more outrage

watching our pockets being picked and not being able to do anything about it

we could, however, make these CEOs upset by harrassing the crap out of them and ruining their fun

[leveymg]

1. Their faces should be posted at the Post Office.

Bank robbers don't steal one-tenth of one-percent of what these guys have.

[donsu]

2. good idea - put their faces on billboards

nt

[leveymg]

3. Hang their billboard mugshots above gas station price boards and pumps.

That might provide some psychological incentive to keep pump prices down.

You paid $72.50. This Fillup Brought to You By:


Exxon Mobil Corp. Chairman and CEO Lee Raymond

[donsu]

4. splendid idea

nt