Here is the part all the cry-babies seem to glance over:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/busin...-windfall.html

The oil industry urges people to look beyond its profits to its profit margin: about 7.6 percent of revenues late last year. That's not much higher than the 5.8 percent profit margin for all U.S. manufacturing, and if you exclude the financially troubled auto industry from that analysis, the oil industry actually appears less profitable than most manufacturers, which were earning 9.2 cents on every dollar of sales.

Bottom line, if you really don't like the bill...don't buy the product. But, if you need the product, don't complain about the cost to the company selling it. Complain to the place that set the rules.

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