"Dave" <Dave@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:22:23 -0700, "Capt. JG" <jganz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> said:
>
>>I don't know. Which mistakes are you talking about?
>
> You're kidding, right?
>
>>Do you think obscene
>>profits in times of nation crisis are ok?
>
> So tell me, Jon, how should one determine the "right" amount of profit
for
> a
> company to earn? No profit? Consult a panel of experts who would set it?
> Maybe a Central Committee?
Don't know. McCain seemed to know. He said he wasn't in favor of them. I'm
sure he knows more than I about the subject.
> What's the order of magnitude of the gross margins of:
>
> Oil Companies?
> Pharma Companies (who now like to call themselves "Pharmaceutical
Research
> Companies")?
> Electronics Manufacturers?
> Computer Equipment makers?
> Microsoft?
Sounds fine to me. Is that the order from most to least obscene? Glad I'm
not on the list!
> Are these the right margins? If not, how much more should the guvmint
take
> from each of them so their profit margins will be "right"?
>
> Near as I can figure, in the liberal lexicon "obscene" profits are
> whatever
> profits are made by the other fella.
This was McCain speaking... except when he got in front of the big oil
crowd
of course!
>
> Oh, and BTW, current unemployment rates, and yuppies having to park
their
> power boats and SUVs for a while, hardly qualify as a "nation crisis."
> Have
> you noticed how empty the roads are recently?
So, it's the yuppies who are unemployed, not the inner city kids looking
for
a summer job, ones that are now filled by the elderly? I have no sympathy
for powerboaters! It's crowded on the freeway in Silicon Valley.
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"j" ganz @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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