Oil Firms’ Profits Highlight Their Greed

Reports of record profit by Exxon Mobil sicken me (“Oil Giant Does Well: Exxon Sales Top $1 Billion a Day,” Oct. 28).

The only shortage within the oil industry is one of ethics and integrity.

Karen S. Weaver

Anaheim

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Here we go again (“Conoco Profit Soars 89% to Record,” Oct. 27).

When historians get around to writing “The Rise and Fall of the United States of America,” I wonder how much of the fall will be attributed to the greed of the oil companies and the failure of the government to act, as the domino effect of higher prices in all aspects of the economy forces more and more companies into bankruptcy and causes the middle class to be reduced to low-income status.

Paul Iorio

San Clemente