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While I agree companies main function is to make a profit, companies just as citizens should pay taxes.....not at the current rate but taxes none the less. If we didnt have a strong military to protect our interest abroad perhaps Exxon/Mobil would not have the clout they do.

You are missing the point ..because I have not said they shouldn't pay taxes...I'm saying change the tax laws and WSC'ers last paragraph would be a good start. 

You are attacking the wrong villian here..it's tax credits and deduction.. the tax offsets that need to be addressed and changed.

At least Exxon is not asking for a Government bailout...like AIG, or Citigroup, or GM and Chrysler or one of the big Wall Street outfits..

Exxon employs over 79,000 people... Taxes paid by Exxon employees accounts for Billions in Feredal tax revenues  ..and imposing punitive taxes on Exxon would only force them to shed a large percent of these employees...( adding more unemployment at a time when the rate is 9.7%) and remember the company has not done anything illegal ...

First off if the company made 40 billion in profits, why would they push the cost onto all of us? So what your saying is companies have to make crazy profits or else they raise the prices on us?  thats friggin insane.  I dont know what the percentages should be for them to get taxed, but come on if a company makes 40 billion they should have to pay some taxes, hows about 10 percent, would that be so on fair?  These companies are ripping all of us who pay our taxes and you should be made as hell about it. yes i know its the govts fault, and thats because all the politicians are in bed with the companies, thats why the politicans want the tax cuts for their rich buddies.

Now going back to your point, that companies will raise their prices and pass it on to us, well then people who cant afford their product no more wont buy it then, this in turn will either make the company lower their prices or new companies will be formed with better prices.

Any way you cut it, if a company doesnt lose money and makes a profit they should be paying taxes on that profit, the same way all of us pay our taxes.

How many dollars do the employees of this corporation provide the government?

How many dollars do the customers of this corporation provide the government every single time they purchase this corporations product?

If this "corporation" were forced to write the IRS a check for 1 trillion dollars today, where would this money come from? Would Steve Exxon pull the money out of his wallet? Would Suzy Exxon person herself out a trillion times at $1 each? OR would the prices of this corporation rise effectively passing this new burden on to the customers of this corporation? How would this new liability affect this corporations stock price and thus the value of countless retirement accounts invested in this corproration?

What tax would be acceptable punishment for this evil entity? This satan that provides thousands of jobs, fininancial security for millions, floods the federal coffers with revenue from multiple streams, all the while selfishly combing every nook and cranny of the planet for oil and then turns said oil into gasoline (the life blood of every economy on the planet) which it then makes available on every street corner in the civilized world for less than a gallon of Dasani or Evian?