So are the janitors also evil?

The denouncements from the left are pouring in. Exxon Mobil earned a record amount of profit. They earned $11.68 billion in profit. We are continually told how bad they are. We are told how evil it is that they are earning this profit on the backs of poor people.

My question is this: Is Exxon Mobile a person? Of course not. Exxon like all corporations is built of thousands of people. From the CEO to the janitors that clean the buildings. These people all earn their living supporting the large behemoth that is Exxon Mobil. The left like to act like corporations are the living embodiment of their CEO. We saw it with the accounting scandals of Enron. The workers were victims, only Kenneth Lay was evil.

Senator Obama right on cue has a plan to take money from the oil companies to give away to purchase votes, oops I mean gas. He proposes $500 checks to single people and $1,000 checks to married couples to assist them in purchasing fuel. He would get this by confiscating profits from oil companies.

Using this to make my point, I wonder how many people will need to lose their jobs to pay for this tax grab? How many people won't be offered jobs to pay for Obama's vote grab? How much money will not go into research on alternative fuels because of his money grab? How about those people working for Exxon now? Will they get raises? Some yes, but I'll bet they are cut.

Those janitor that clean the buildings for low wages. Should they be punished because Senator Obama wants to make people think he cares? Do they deserve that? How about the research that won't be done? What if that could make a breakthrough in fuel technology? Is it worth it to get Obama elected? I don't think so.

Personally I think huge corporations are marginally less oppressive than government. You want to punish them? Reduce not increase the restrictions on the industry. One of the things that probably will happen is that more firms large and small will enter the industry. This is called competition. Don't say it too loud. People like Senator Obama don't like that word. They might just pass a law restricting your use of the word. They might tax you when you use it. OK sarcasm aside, increased competition would force Exxon and the other behemoths to put even more money into research and production and yes reduce their profits by forcing them to put more money into future profits. That would be using the market to solve a major problem. That is what guarantees it will never be proposed by Senator Obama. If that happens he gets no credit and therefore can't buy your vote.

On the bright side when Exxon lays off middle class and lower income workers to pay for the new tax bill, at least they will get the $500 bucks that Senator Obama promised us. I think they may prefer the job though.