Hearing on Oil Profits and Subsidies: Inslee's Questions

[judyleasugar97]

If the bp disaster isn't a wake up call that we need to explore other energy options I don't know what is.

[kryz24v]

All three are responsible. The oil well should be nationalized. The profits can be used to fortify the American economy and clean up environmental damage.

[Siceone]

what a timely response And I Agree with you completely you're not even arguing against anything I said. The dollar has lost half it's value becasue of the governments over borrowing and spending M3 has doubled in the last 4 years GDP has not do the math.

[js2040]

A bunch dumb fucking educated people that know nothing about words such as heroic virtues, vices, typology, moral conscience,First cause. They went to school and were educated by satan who has been around for centuries, who has all the degrees to distort the truth. Wake your lazy rich asses up, dumb fucks are to concerned about putting plastic up their ass to look good. Sick ass people!

[FCPorto787]

a bunch of fucking stupid fuck democrats.

[js2040]

Quit blaming people like democrats, blacks, whites,catholic priest, ect... What about these sad ass leaders who bring down America. Republicans are not saints by the way. I hope when you die you don't say Lord let me into heaven because I was a republican. Remember no saint was canonized for what they knew, only for what they did. It called heroic virtues.

[Siceone]

These guys have No Idea what's going on Just None it's sad how about the fact the dollar has lost half of it's value since democrats took control and you wonder why oil costs more than double!! cmon

[Levijohnny]

Since the DEMOCRATS took control? Are you for real? You mean Democratic President Bush? Where have you been for the pst 8 years?

[Siceone]

obviously you know nothing about how the goverment functions, that the congress sets the Majority of Economic policy. not to mention that the actions of the CONGRESS as the representative of the PEOPLE reflect the attitude and the direction of the country since Democratic control of congress all the democrats have done is SCARE markets which scare away investors which shakes confidence which weakens our currency. Reade a book man cmon.

[Levijohnny]

Come on yourself: You Republicans HAD control of both houses of Congress for the first four years of the Bush Fiasco. I guess oil-company greed and lack of patriotism are concepts alien to the Republican ideology. Patriotism for you means sending the poor and uneducated to pointless wars to be killed and maimed; Oil companies have no patriotic duty to lower prices and make a tiny sacrifice of their own for the public weal. What hypocrisy!

[Siceone]

ok... smart guy they if they start selling oil at a loss what happens to th e value of thier stock? I'll tell you what happens it falls, and millions of 401k's pension funds, retierment funds IRA,s Trusts, banking, Goes down the tube and when that happens people stop spending money and lose confidence, then people lose thier jobs! It's not Righteous to opperate at a loss, Oil companies make 4% on every dollar invested that's 4 cents on every dollar. how is that excessive?

[Levijohnny]

"goes down the tube, eh?" In what anti-universe, pray tell, dwellest thou? Haven't you read about the record mega-profits the oil companies have been making? They don't have to sell at a loss, just reduce their obscene profit margins for the good of the nation!(They are nowhere near to operating at loss.) Do you consider oil companies exempt from the call of patriotic duty and sacrifice? Market speculators are also behind this crisis. The people of the world are gettng thoroughly fed up.

[Siceone]

How is 4 cent on the dollar obscene? and those profits don't belong to the oil companies they belong to the investors. Are you blind to the way the economy works? Did you take one finance or econ class? This witch hunt has nothing to do with oil profits it has everything to do with the fact that people are upset and because they are upset they want to punish someone. News papers make 25% profit, Semiconductors make 15% profit why aren't we punishing those obscene profits?

[Mark5610]

Democrats pinheads grandstanding again. Pinheads in Congress you caused this.

[Grinmann]

Should be a firing squad instead of an investigation. These scumbags have systematically boosted their profits to the highest across any sector in the history of any industry in history. The contentious attitude of 'Mr. Simon' makes me vomit. Astonishing, the hubris. Kudos to Jay for this and the impeachment bills he tried to get going - and should continue with.

[padude64]

Oil companies suck! Screw you rapers! Money hungry bastards I will fix you! Guess how? A big blow to the oil companies!

[wakeupus]

The oil companies are raping the consumer. Exxon/Mobil is the largest offender. Stop buying Exxon/Mobil products, they will be forced to lower their prices and the other smaller companies will have to follow.

[capemall]

since when has it been a private company's responsibility to make new technology...if they think they can make money they will...if they don't think they can make money they won't...if there's so much future in it then why not let people that believe in the theory..like ted turner..invest in it before he has to eat jane

[daderone]

lol coal.

I made it to 2008, the 21st Century, and these bastards are talking about COAL!?!?

GTFO! Give Me Solar, Water, Wind.

Damn Figure Out Something To Do With All That Nuclear Waste!

But Don't You Tell Me The Energy Technology of The Future Is Coal!

How about investing in carbon sequestration technology first?

Get Off Oil or Get Off My Soil!

One American

[tainoaz]

They call themselves Energy Cos. Why? They are oil companies. what do you think about; geothermal, nuclear, wind, photo voltaic etc. Forget about Ethanol that is not helping. China's appetite for oil is not going to wane.

Wake up! Let's not even talk about corporate responsibility. Look at what unmitigated capitalism is doing to China. Environment is in the dump; air, water, sea, food etc. Oh, but we should do away with FDA, EPA because it hurt business. Right? As McAuliffe said=Nuts!

[Maverick2016]

It's all about the money, and I get that. But, it really sucks sometimes!

[winklestraat]

yes, it is all about the money...but at what price? Mr. Simon seems on the defensive and it's obvious (at least to me) Exxon Mobil doesn't want to spend the money regardless of who or what that attitude hurts...