I read a disturbing article today about how Exxon Mobil has posted over 11 billion dollars in profits for their 2nd quarter. This breaks the record of any corporation in United States history. In 3 months, Exxon Mobil has made more money that some countries have.
This astounds me.
I pay dearly at the pump, just like every other American, and I am held hostage by this expense, as I would have no other way to earn money without my vehicle. There is no real transit system where I live, so my options are pretty much nil. I find myself balancing finances routinely to make ends meet, just like the average American. I do all of this, live a pretty upstanding life, and still wonder about my future financial security.
And Exxon Mobil, those holding my entire livelihood for ransom, are living it up at the expense of my LIFE.
I simply don't understand how more people are not utterly outraged by this. Why are we allowing our government to conduct "business as usual"? How many lives are being lost right now in the Middle East in the name of oil?
It is time that we elect leaders who CARE about alternative fuels, and who will actually REGULATE these big oil companies. For too long they have been allowed to run rampant, walking on and breaking middle and lower class backs in their rapacious greed.
Do me a favor, come election day, please vote for anyone except "Washington as usual". Let's get our planet back.
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