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Comments (2)
And the number of people living in poverty worldwide is growing. And the number of families struggling to heat their homes, fill their automobile gas tanks, and power their appliances is growing. And I wonder, do any of the corporate execs and stock holders collecting these profits feel any shame?
Posted by ELISA | January 31, 2008 6:04 PM
I wonder, too, Elisa, why the government of the US and other countries do not tax Shell and other corporations at a much higher rate and initiate windfall profits taxes. Even if the corporate executives are shamelessly greedy, the government could regulate better so that the world's resources benefited more of the world's people.
Posted by Nancy Van Ness | February 3, 2008 1:33 PM