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Old 11-11-2005, 02:28 PM   #1
Troubleshooter
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A different take on oil profits...

http://www.reason.com/hod/sd110905.shtml

Inherit the Windfall
The defense of oil profits we'll probably never see
Shikha Dalmia


When surging oil profits prompted both conservative and liberal members of Congress to summon oil company executives to Capitol Hill for a hearing earlier today, a public relations rookie crafted the statement below for the oil chiefs to deliver to their interrogators. Cooler heads prevailed, however, and the statement was discarded in a gilded trash bin. An underpaid Reason intern moonlighting as a janitor salvaged it for publication. Here it is:

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