Tag Archives: Record Profits

Corporations Are (Good) People

Posted on January 26, 2012 at 2:00 pm by JM Ashby

According to Mitt Romney, “the banks” aren’t bad people. In fact, they’re just as scared as you are of the Obama Administration and their job-killing regulations and “uncertainty.” Or something. Romney was standing outside a Fannie Mae-foreclosed home in a … Continue reading →

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Taxed Enough Already!

Posted on January 5, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

According to a new report released by the Wall Street Journal, newly revised data from just before Christmas shows corporate profits reaching a new record of nearly $2 trillion in profits during the third quarter of the year. However, as … Continue reading →

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Subsidizing Record Profits

Posted on April 25, 2011 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

During the summer of 2008 when the cost of oil skyrocketed and the national average price of gasoline reached over four dollars per gallon, that did not prevent the oil giants from raking in record profits. In fact, 2008 was … Continue reading →

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