Sunday, September 14, 2008

GO FIGURE

$11.68 billion Profits earned by Exxon between April and June 2008

$43 billion Combined profits earned by Big Oil companies in the first quarter, a $29.8 billion increase from the same period in 2001, when George W. Bush took office

$729 Amount by which the typical Minnesota family's gasoline budget increased from the first quarter of 2001 to the first quarter of this year

- union advocate

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