Attention, Attention! Tax Cut Needed!

The Board of Directors of Exxon Mobile Oil Company announced that it was urgently applying to the Congress of the United States of America for an immediate tax cut. They felt that, being the largest business in the United States they were entitled to a bonus given their excellent performance in the last Quarter with Hurricane Katrina:
Actually, 57% is a little low:

IRVING, Texas - Exxon Mobil Corp. had a quarter for the record books. The world's largest publicly traded oil company said Thursday high oil and natural-gas prices helped its third-quarter profit surge almost 75 percent to $9.92 billion, the largest quarterly profit for a U.S. company ever, and it was the first to ring up more than $100 billion in quarterly sales. (emphasis added)

Just in case you were wondering why your gas went up to $3.00 a gallon and why they can't get gas in Miami. Just in case.