Why should we the taxpayers fund another 6.8 billion

[samplegirl]

would someone please ask this question. While Exxon Mobil made
record breaking profits.

By Joe Benton
ConsumerAffairs.Com

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Exxon Mobil has made more than $20 billion in profits in just six months. The world's largest publicly traded company reported a near-record quarterly profit of $10.36 billion on top of the record $10.7 billion quarterly profit the oil company reported three months ago.

The enormous profit surprised even Wall Street as analysts there were expecting $9.9 billion from Exxon Mobil.

[Selatius]

1. Hey, they're a for-profit company. Of course they're going to charge as high as the market can stand

The term "for-profit" is apt.

[LiberalEsto]

2. It's ExxonMobil's f*cking war

They should pay for it.