Brenda Ann wrote:

"Cato" wrote in message
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Naziism/Fascism vs. Communism. They are both "Total
Government" .... Totalitarianism. Kissing cousins.
Both of them step on the freedom of the citizens. Destructive of
Liberty.

Said it before, will say it again. Any, ANY form of government can be
abused. Fascism may well appear to the man on the street to be no different
from Communism, but they are politcally diametrically opposite. The end
result to the citizen may be the same, but the players have different sets
of 'morals'. Fascism is, in part, Capitalism taken to it's extreme. Our
own Democratic Republic (USA, but isn't it funny how so many Communist
countries use those words in their proper names?) can be abused to the point
where it would, to practical intents and purposes, be no different than
either a Communist or Fascist dictatorship. Already, corporations have far
too much power and control over our government. I'm all for "Joe the
Plumber" blue collar types being able to earn whatever living they choose to
work for. I have a BIG problem with corporations taking advantage of the
hard work of others to garner obscene profits (Exxon-Mobil, for one).

Obscene profit? You need to check into what their profit margins really are.
Yes, dollar wise, it might seem to be a lot, but you're disregarding the volume
of product sold. You're looking at dollar return rather the percentage earned on
each dollar spent.

It's my understanding that there is a much higher profit margin on let's say,
cosmetics, computer software and even bottled water.

Check MicroSoft, where I've heard their margin is over 20% vs 8-10% for an oil
company and say 14% or more for cosmetics.