We must start with the reality that corporations cannot guarantee anyone a lifetime job any more than corporations have a guarantee of immortality.
John W. SnowHigher energy prices act like a tax. They reduce the disposable income people have available for other things after they've paid their energy bills.
John W. SnowAnd one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance.
John W. SnowWe can get more energy out of the north slope of Alaska; we have available the ability to make ourselves less dependent on those uncertain sources of supply from the Middle East. And it's important we do that.
John W. Snow