Would you call these guys profiteers? Or job creators?

OZONE

http://news.yahoo.com/44-oil-executives-truck-drivers-204920300.html

TLDR, a handful of heating oil companies have been ripping off consumers through a scheme in which the delivery truck driver has a "gauge" rigged to report more oil than the customer actually received.

44 of these profiteers (cough cough job creators) were just busted.

sarktastic

Neither. Simple thieves, nothing more.

doogsinparadise

Not profiteering unless there's a disaster or monopoly where alternatives are limited or nonexistent.

Fenderbender123

They can't be both?

OZONE

doogsinparadise said:

Not profiteering unless there's a disaster or monopoly where alternatives are limited or nonexistent.

Wartime also counts.

Could also be racketeering, in fact the NYTimes article that is linked inside the article I linked said the investigation was done by the Racket Bureau: "The investigation, which was handled by the Rackets Bureau in the district attorney’s office, began in February 2013 with a tip from a confidential informer in the oil industry"

doogsinparadise

I think it's just fraud.

doogsinparadise

Where's the resident clubhouse lawyer to weigh in.

OZONE

Fenderbender123 said:

They can't be both?

Sure. I think Haliburton would be another example of that.

sarktastic

If I pay you $4 for a gallon of oil and you deliver 1/2 gallon, you're stealing.

If you want to charge $6 and deliver what I paid for, I have no issues, whatsoever.

doogsinparadise

sarktastic said:

If I pay you $4 for a gallon of oil and you deliver 1/2 gallon, you're stealing.

If you want to charge $6 and deliver what I paid for, I have no issues, whatsoever.

You are the grist that the capitalist machine runs on. The wind beneath its sails. Keep punching that timecard baby.

sarktastic

Haven't punched a timecard in over 35 years. Nice try.

You people in the free shit party know what you want... and know what you're entitled to... you just don't want to pay for it.

sarktastic

OZONE said:

Fenderbender123 said:

They can't be both?

Sure. I think Haliburton would be another example of that.

another crybaby that didn't heed the advice you were given when this fake Halliburton Rage began?

2001400ex

sarktastic said:

Haven't punched a timecard in over 35 years. Nice try.

You people in the free shit party know what you want... and know what you're entitled to... you just don't want to pay for it.

What exactly do you do for a living? Let's start there.

sarktastic

Fuck Off.

We've ended.

2001400ex

sarktastic said:

Fuck Off.

We've ended.

Ok, no time clock but it includes a name tag. Got it.

RaceBannon

I wonder why Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton

sarktastic

'cause Bush and profiteering and shit, maaaaaan.

2001400ex

RaceBannon said:

I wonder why Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton

Race. FS as always.

RaceBannon

2001400ex said:

RaceBannon said:

I wonder why Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton

Race. FS as always.

Are you disputing that Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton?

2001400ex

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

RaceBannon said:

I wonder why Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton

Race. FS as always.

Are you disputing that Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton?

Great link as always.

RaceBannon

2001400ex said:

RaceBannon said:

2001400ex said:

RaceBannon said:

I wonder why Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton

Race. FS as always.

Are you disputing that Obama gave no bid contracts to Haliburton?

Great link as always.

You can't google but I'm FS. Got it