Exxon Mobil posts $10.49B profit in 3Q

[Dean iWait 0]

When minimum reaps a person just over 10g's per year at full time - below the poverty level, while corporate profits such as Exxon are higher percentage wise than ever before in history, some are being denied the American Dream.

If minimum reaps them that much, that's how much they're worth.

They'd be worth a lot more if they had any skills.

Really? Walmart executives prefer their employees draw on medicaid because it's cheaper for them. Who's looking out for the American worker? Who should look out for the worker?

In a perfect world, we'd have a country full of businesses that were all competing not only for your business but also for your labor. Corporations in this country have completely underminded true competition. If you're pro-capitalism then your for competition, right? And without competition, what do you call it?

Who should look out for the American worker? Why do they need someone to look out for them? I don't need anybody to look out for me. Why does someone willingly agree to work for minimum wage? It must be because they don't have the skills or education to earn more. Hence they should go back to school and make themselves a more attractive hire.

It's ok by me if you advocate socialism. But why pretend then that you are not a socialist?

By the way I worked at Wal Mart for a 2nd job awhile back and they started me out at $7.50 an hour. I believe thats $2.25 an hour over minimum wage. They also had awesome medical and dental avaiable to their full time employees for about $30 a month w/no co pay (6 years ago anyway).

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will have food for life.

[Carol&Marc 0]

When minimum reaps a person just over 10g's per year at full time - below the poverty level, while corporate profits such as Exxon are higher percentage wise than ever before in history, some are being denied the American Dream.

If minimum reaps them that much, that's how much they're worth.

They'd be worth a lot more if they had any skills.

Really? Walmart executives prefer their employees draw on medicaid because it's cheaper for them. Who's looking out for the American worker? Who should look out for the worker?

In a perfect world, we'd have a country full of businesses that were all competing not only for your business but also for your labor. Corporations in this country have completely underminded true competition. If you're pro-capitalism then your for competition, right? And without competition, what do you call it?

Who should look out for the American worker? Why do they need someone to look out for them? I don't need anybody to look out for me. Why does someone willingly agree to work for minimum wage? It must be because they don't have the skills or education to earn more. Hence they should go back to school and make themselves a more attractive hire.

It's ok by me if you advocate socialism. But why pretend then that you are not a socialist?

By the way I worked at Wal Mart for a 2nd job awhile back and they started me out at $7.50 an hour. I believe thats $2.25 an hour over minimum wage. They also had awesome medical and dental avaiable to their full time employees for about $30 a month w/no co pay (6 years ago anyway).

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will have food for life.

Those dayem millionaire fisherman

[Ban Hammer 13,335]

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will have food for life.

actuallly, that is more like "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll be gone every weekend."

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

[Carol&Marc 0]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

OKAY give me your pay check!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

OKAY give me your pay check!

Why would I feed your greed?

[Carol&Marc 0]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

OKAY give me your pay check!

Why would I feed your greed?

dont worry I will get it to the poor helpless mistreated people at gitmo legal fund! give me your addy and I will tell them you got a room!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

OKAY give me your pay check!

Why would I feed your greed?

dont worry I will get it to the poor helpless mistreated people at gitmo legal fund! give me your addy and I will tell them you got a room!

Did you have one too many tonight?

[mawilson 2,133]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

These "greedy" CEOs are the most successful people in America -- OF COURSE

they are making millions of dollars! Jeez, let it go already.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

These "greedy" CEOs are the most successful people in America -- OF COURSE

they are making millions of dollars! Jeez, let it go already.

What's your definition of success? Bilking people of their money? As much as you keep wanting to paint this as envy, it's about paying people what they are worth. If a company is largely successfull financially, it didn't happen single-handedly by the CEO, but from all the hard work of every employee. So because a CEO is head of the company, he's entitled to take as much as the board is willing to give him? And most often those boards are stacked in favor of the CEO. It's a broken system and it needs to be fixed. Let's bring back better regulations to keep corporate power in check. Let's reward Americans for their hard work.

In an ideal world - workers would be the company, each owning a piece of the company. That would solve a lot of these issues.

[mawilson 2,133]

What's your definition of success? Bilking people of their money?

Pretty much, yes.

[Peikko 1,575]

Oil companies profit from a diminishing global resource that fuels the western consumer society.

Should we wish (as a society) to continue to enjoy a similar lifestyle beyond the end of fossil fuels requires that an alternative (or several alternative) cheap fuels are developed/discovered/harnessed.

Some people, rightly or wrongly, believe that the research and development of these alternative energy sources should be more or less funded by the profits from the oil companies.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Oh to live in a world where success is begrudged...

It's not the success that is begrugded. It's the greed.

These "greedy" CEOs are the most successful people in America -- OF COURSE

they are making millions of dollars! Jeez, let it go already.

Nonsense. Top execs carry home seven figures whether the companies they work for do well or not. They go home with 7-8 figure comp packages even if they run their companies into the ground. They increase their packages while asking the bancruptcy courts to slash the compensation of the staff. They're not the most successful people. They're members of an elite clan that stuffs each other's pockets as they sit on each other's boards signing off on these ridiculous comp packages for one another.

[Peikko 1,575]

Did the oil companies 'invent' oil, giving them some kind of 'rights' to this product?

Is oil equally distributed around the world giving all countries/people the same opportunity of profit?

Yes, life is unfair, agreed, but surely what makes us humane is our desire to protect the vulnerable? If this society truly is dog eat dog, then there is no room for deformity, fragility or weakness.

[mawilson 2,133]

Nonsense. Top execs carry home seven figures whether the companies they work for do well or not. They go home with 7-8 figure comp packages even if they run their companies into the ground.

If they drive their company into ruin, they will be replaced fairly quickly.

Unless and until that happens, they are entitled to their compensation and perks.