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To: tejek who wrote (575672)	7/8/2010 3:30:39 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1570744

"1. Exxon Mobil made billions in profits, and yet paid not one dime in federal income taxes in 2009.2" but they paid Billions in taxes to other countries. Maybe corp tax rates should be lower, better to get some tax revs vs zero...but the lib brain doesn't work that way. stopped reading after the this first line, I figure the rest is also lib Bullshit

To: tejek who wrote (575672)	7/9/2010 2:20:21 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570744

Massey Energy was cited more than 2400 times for safety violations in its mines, but chose not to fix potentially lethal problems because low penalties meant it was cheaper to simply keep paying the fines. This spring, 29 miners were killed in an underground explosion at a Massey mine in West Virginia.4 This is routine in the coal industry. Bottom line is they can't strip mine coal without discharges that violate EPA or local state environmental agencies regulations. Al