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What do you think about this bill? Do you think it will help Californians?
"the bill, SBX1-2, gives the California Energy Commission the power to set a cap and impose penalties through a regulatory process if it decides that oil companies are making excessive profits and that a penalty will not result in higher prices for consumers"
Comment by [deleted] at 29/03/2023 at 19:24 UTC
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It's a great way to get corporations to literally light money on fire. Nevermind how they plan on enforcing that on multinational oil companies.
If you want higher corporate taxes, implement higher corporate taxes. But explicitly telling companies "if you are too successful, we will punish you" is asinine.
Comment by Octubre22 at 28/03/2023 at 09:54 UTC
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Appears to be some virtue signaling nonsense. What are "excessive profits"?
The average profits for oil companies over 10 year periods is around 5%. Some years they win big, some years they lose big.
Is California going to penalize them the years they win, and not offset that the years they lose? I seriously doubt it.