Wizbang has a blog on his talk with Ken Cohen, VP of Public Affairs for Exxon-Mobil.

Here’s the heart of the story:

These numbers are from the past five years:

US Earnings: $34.9 Billion
US Taxes Paid: $57.1 Billion

These numbers are from the first quarter of 2006:

US Earnings: $2.3 Billion
US Taxes Paid: 3.7 Billion

And our government wants to tax them more?