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Should We Really Tax “Radical” Oil Profits?
Many of you have heard the complaining or have been the ones complaining about the record profits that oil companies are making. ExxonMobil recent released their high record earnings for oil and natural gas, showing a $11.7 billion profit this quarter. This is the most profitable quarter for any company, ever. Barack Obama has called [...]
Is Fast Food Immoral? LA Thinks So.
Well, the Los Angeles City Council has done it. They’ve successfully and unanimously passed an ordinance that prohibits the building of new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area. Over 500,000 low-income people live in this area. While it’s hard to deny the fact that eating fast food regularly is unhealthy, the LA City Council has [...]
High Gas Prices - What’s the Problem?
People complain about gas prices almost daily. In many places in the U.S. gas prices have already topped $4.00 a gallon, and there’s speculation it could continue to rise. I don’t like high gas prices either - who does, right? However, what many of us fail to realize that there’s nothing politically wrong with high [...]
