Originally Posted by
JetPiedmont
Oil companies employ several hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and compensate them very well to do, in a lot of cases, difficult and dangerous work. Those employees then can provide a comfortable standard of living for their families, and contribute to their local economies as consumers. They enjoy standards of living that otherwise might not be available to them in their regions.
The same could be said about many other industries.
Based on the attitude that presents itself in Congressional hearings and in the media, it's apparently a thankless job.
I agree that the recent congressional hearings were basically a political sham to find a scapegoat for high oil prices. As far as the "thankless job" part of it goes, if answering some questions in front of congress for tens of millions a year in compensation qualifies as a thankless job, sign me up. They can fly my redeyes next month for one percent (or less) of their current wages.