Thread: Exxon Posts Record $32.36 Billion Tax Payment
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Old 08-04-2008   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by haldir View Post
Keep in mind the maxim, Corporations don't pay taxes, people do. They just pass the taxes along in the selling price.
Yup. The inelastic demand we have for gas means they can charge w/e the hell they want to.
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