tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post832123021668797904..comments2024-03-27T00:01:39.931-05:00Comments on Jo Castillo Art Blog - Pastels and More: Political Thoughts ... Sort ofJo Castillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-88096819763157717992008-10-31T17:25:00.000-05:002008-10-31T17:25:00.000-05:00Hi Joanna, I'm with you. Hoping for a good retire...Hi Joanna, I'm with you. Hoping for a good retirement for you and all working bodies! Hugs.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-72538871463139965082008-10-31T16:58:00.000-05:002008-10-31T16:58:00.000-05:00Just chiming in to say that when ExxonMobil (and t...Just chiming in to say that when ExxonMobil (and the rest of their ilk) do well, my IRA and 403B also do well. That works for me as I contemplate retirement somewhere down the road. The better those folks do, the easier it will be for me to actually retire. Particularly since Social Security and my publicly funded pension fund may well not be around by then.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03509431918259640103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-26793898945433302472008-10-31T14:47:00.000-05:002008-10-31T14:47:00.000-05:00Bag Blog, Wish we could all abide by them, huh?Les...Bag Blog, Wish we could all abide by them, huh?<BR/><BR/>Leslie, I understand that Exxon paid more taxes last year than the bottom half of tax payers, some 65,000,000 humble tax payers put together. They paid 41%, near $30 billion.<BR/><BR/> http://seekingalpha.com/article/63131-exxon-s-2007-tax-bill-30-billion <BR/><BR/>So they paid their share, I think.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-5841472057522805712008-10-31T10:09:00.000-05:002008-10-31T10:09:00.000-05:00http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9837574/I can totally ...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9837574/<BR/><BR/>I can totally agree with each working for their own. It is a great American ideal.<BR/>But when Exxon Mobile posts the highest quarterly ever, I kinda wish they had left some of the rest of us with some extra.<BR/><BR/>And if you read the wiki, about Boetcker, seems his words have been twisted around by the best of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29792638.post-33414888264224128652008-10-31T07:29:00.000-05:002008-10-31T07:29:00.000-05:00Those are some wise words.Those are some wise words.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.com