GOP House Chooses Big Oil Over Granny

[kpete]

Now, let's check today's sports scores: 4, 10.7 and 21-and-a-half.


Those tallies are from the oil league, and the winner, of course, is the league's powerhouse, ExxonMobil.

Four, as you might have guessed, is the $4 that Exxon is siphoning out of your wallet these days for 1 gallon of its petrol.

Next comes 10.7. That's the $10.7 billion in profits that this oil giant has soaked up in just the first three months of this year — a new record, not achieved by any managerial genius, increased productivity or improvement in customer service, but solely by the jack-up in gasoline prices.

Finally, 21-and-a-half. This is the big score made by Rex Tillerson, Exxon's CEO. The chief pulled down $21.5 million in personal compensation last year, making him the highest paid executive in the oil league and one of the most richly paid CEOs in the entire country.

the rest:http://www.creators.com/opinion/jim-hightower/gop-house-chooses-big-oil-over-granny.html

[rucky]

1. Great news! This means they can afford to lower gas prices!

right?