How much is too much for Oil Company Tax Rates?

Is the current Oil Company tax rate Fair or Not Fair?

According to DailyKos.com, Exxon is tracking at around $40 Billion in Profit for 2014. Thanks in part to its heavy Federal subsidies, it only paid about 13% Federal Income Tax in the 1st qtr. (compared to 35% for the ave. US company, and aside from the usual plethora of other state, local, and Fed. taxes).

HOWEVER, they will still pay some $5 BILLION in Fed. Taxes, which is drastically beyond the tax contribution of the average US company, which is way light of $1 Million.

Additionally, Exxon employs 80,000 well-paid employees world-wide (40,000 in the US). These employees also contribute significant amounts of federal, state, and local taxes, as well.



And of course, there are many other indirect benefits to the US and world economies, not to mention fulfilling a major societal need. Yet, there have been, and will certainly continue to be, the number of major environmental catastrophes.

With all things considered, do you feel that Exxon's Tax payment is "fair" as it, or do you feel these large oil conglomerates are not paying their #FairShare?  If the latter, what would be a fair share?

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Car Dealers in Tucson

There are over 200 Car Dealers in Tucson, which include New and Used Car Dealers (according to yp.com)

 With an average 50 vehicles per Dealer, this equates to over 10,000 new and used Cars, Trucks, and SUVs available in the local Tucson market.  Still can't find what you're looking for?  The greater Phoenix area boasts over three times that number.

So...  why are there so many new and used car dealers in our town?  Simple answer:  There's a need.  The average vehicle gets traded in every three years.  This creates primary and secondary markets for your favorite set of wheels.

The perfect recycled and re-purposed product; virtually no vehicles end up in the city dump anymore.  The average new car gets traded in after a few years, and then re-sold by the used car dealer.  It then gets traded in again after a couple years, re-conditioned / repaired, and then sold again.  This can happen multiples times before the vehicle ultimately ends up in the junk yard.  There, it gets parted out until it has no more valuable parts to part out.  Ultimately, its tires get re-purposed into asphalt and the remaining body/engine gets crushed, sold as scraped, and recycled into new metals for future products, including automobiles. 

We ask so much of our vehicles, and they spend their life giving us back so much!

Have fun, and Drive Safe!

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The Car Lot Lifetime Engine Warranty

The Car Lot stands behind each of its qualified vehicles with a #LifetimeEngineWarranty!  The program has Zero Deductible, and includes Parts & Labor

This Lifetime Engine Warranty is included in the price of all of its qualified vehicles, and is available at The Car Lot, Tucson's premier used car, truck, and SUV dealer.  Here are a few of our Facebook fan comments:

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100 Years History of MPG Comparison

Here's a bit of MPG History Comparison over the last 100 Years.

After recently filling up my Jeep, I started to wonder about how fuel efficient the cars from yesteryear were.  Interestingly, here is what I discovered - a comparison between the first mass-produced Ford vehicle (Model T) and today's best-selling vehicle in the US, the Ford F-150 pickup.

Although the birth of the first motorized vehicle was in 1886 by German inventor, Karl Benz (as in Mercedes-Benz), most of us better relate to Henry Ford's mass-produced Model T.  The "T" was the new auto-mobile of its time, built for the average man in 1908.  Affordable at only $550, the Model T was lightweight and maneuverable.   Let's see how it compares to today's F-150.

 First, the Ford Model T...

Coming in a around 1,500 pounds, this remarkable car only cost $550 ($14,400 in today's dollars).  Its 4-cylinder engine put out just over 20 horsepower, but 80+ ft-lbs of torque.  With all that "old" technology, the Model T still offered an impressive 22 MPG - no computers, just good 'ole American engineering.

Next, the Ford F-150 Base...

A much more robust vehicle, the base 2014 Reg. Cab F-150 weighs in at 4,700 pounds, and sports a 302 horsepower / 278 ft-lbs of torque V-6.  Although a much safer,  environmentally cleaner, heavier, and more powerful vehicle, the F-150 can only achieve an average 20 MPG.  The stripped down version will set you back $24,000, nearly 70% in comparable dollars than the Model T.  Of course, you do get much more for your money, but certainly not better gas milage.

Sure, the F-150 weighs much more, and has lots more environmental standards to adhere to, but really?  An actual decrease in MPG - in over 100 years of technology?  We're really not better than that?  Now some may think this was done on purpose.  Hmmm...  perhaps yes.  Perhaps no, but really makes you think, doesn't it?  Some may even suggest, "just follow the dollar".

Seems like after over 100 years, we should have done much better with the fuel efficiency part of things.  For goodness sakes, only getting 20 MPG on a base truck - in 2014???  Really kinda sucks, IMHO.  Maybe 100 or 150 MPG would seem more reasonable. Ah, but then again... according to Reformation.org, Henry Ford Company was financed by and became a subsidiary of Standard Oil Company.

My next car is going to be a Tesla.

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