Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Exxon-Mobil

Exxon-Mobil's profit was $36 billion. Amazing. I don't own any of their stock, but I do have a suggestion for Exxon-Mobil. In order to improve their image, they should take $1 billion of their money and help to rebuild the 9th ward of New Orleans. They could rebuild a few schools, several thousand houses, a couple of libraries, and maybe throw in a community center. (They could call it the E-M Community Center, for Exxon Mobil). This type of philanthropy in the face of their obscene profits would really be a good deed that they could brag about in the news. If they had money left over from their $1 billion, they could work on another neighborhood in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama. The Exxon-Mobil people would inspire other corporations to do similar good deeds. Do I really think Exxon-Mobil would do anything like this proposal? No. They are too greedy.