Yah, Exxon makes a lot of money, pre-tax. Of course, as pointed out by people who can read TWO sentences consecutively (Gross sales were X, profits were .10X) it's simply a decent showing.
But here's another way to look at it which is scary:
Here’s the real figure that bothers me: the US Government spends money [PDF] at the rate of:
$81,431 per second
$4,885,844 per minute
$293 million per hour
$7 billion per day
In other words, if we took all of ExxonMobil’s worldwide 2nd quarter profits and gave that money to the US government, the US would burn through that $10.36 billion in a bit under 36 hours.
Put another way: those profits wouldn’t support the US government through a complete weekend.
HT: AnkleBitingPundits
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