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--<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</font></sup> 19:09, 16 November 2008 (EST)
--<font color="#1E90FF" face="Comic Sans MS">[[User:TK|₮K]]</font><sup><font color="DC143C">[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]]</font></sup> 19:09, 16 November 2008 (EST)
= Ambiguity =
:''I previously posted this on Talk for [[User:Aschlafly]].''
There is something ambiguous and bizarre about this following paragraph. Below, I make bold the comments that come across as anti-capitalist, even if not intended to do so.
:''Liberals have demonized such companies as RJ Reynolds, Walmart, Halliburton and Blackwater. Their latest target is Exxon Mobil for their enormous profits and futures market oil speculators. Most of their accusations are absurd. Liberals in Congress don't blink an eye when it comes time to spend all that tax revenue generated. Liberals in Congress have been called on their hypocrisy for owning stocks in those companies. Which in turn, [''horrible grammar''] they divest their portfolios like nothing was ever wrong. For years, for decades, these companies have lobbied members of Congress, they have worked together for their common goals. In return, hefty campaign donations are their reward. Then for opportune reasons, liberals will publicly ridicule and verbally attack these '''bad, greedy''' capitalists. Corporate heads are brought before congress for a sideshow grilling to explain their actions. [33] The Windfall Tax is just another example of the sham created by this liberal myth. '''Those companies make enough money, they should now be forced to give some back.''' They are threatened with nationalization [34] and further government regulation, a socialist scheme. '''As the price of gas fell, Congress just pretended like nothing ever happened, Big Oil off the hook.'''''
I realize the '''bad, greedy''' part is supposed to be from a "liberal perspective," but it is not clear. The first full sentence that is bold is my main concern and nearly seems to be vandalism. Also, the final words in the paragraph seem to suggest that '''Big Oil''' (which is an anti-business term) had something for which to be "on the hook" in the first place -- even if meant to come from a liberal perspective. [[User:JustinSatyr|JustinSatyr]] 14:38, 26 December 2009 (EST)