tchristeFeb 1, 2023
Laffy

Via Acyn:

Markey: #BigOil’s annual 2022 profits are expected to reach $190 billion shattering their previous record in 2011 by nearly 50%.. Their profits this year are 50% higher than their highest year ever recorded… average wages for workers have only increased 17% over 45 years

Feb 1, 2023 at 4:09pmWeb
Show threadPatFeb 1, 2023
@GottaLaff Gotta love big profits. Unless they come at the expense of the earth, transfer wealth from those most in need of money to those least in need, and of course prop up corrupt, anti-democratic governments. Basically you can’t love big profits.
Show threadSeedlingFeb 1, 2023
@GottaLaff why don’t we nationalize the oil companies?
Show threadFreddyB Aviation PhotographyFeb 1, 2023
@Seedling @GottaLaff cause if we did the CIA and the Mi6 would overthrow a democratically elected government and install an absolute monarch in its place. They have done it before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia

Show threadLaffyFeb 1, 2023

@Seedling Because then the GOP would call us commie pinko socialists.

Also, because how do we do that with Republicans opposing?

Show threadSeedlingFeb 2, 2023
@GottaLaff I know. Just so frustrating. I’ve come to believe that the corporation is a fatally flawed construct. Co-ops are the answer.
Show threadKemp42Feb 2, 2023
@GottaLaff
But just watch the pay and bonuses of their CEO's shoot up!
Show threadLaffyFeb 2, 2023
@Kemp42 Of course, sigh