Blame ExxonMobil for the destruction of the economy is a bit dramatic and way misguided. How about allowing them and all our oil companies to drill in the oceans, out west ( and to mine the shale ) and in ANWR, and then they can offer lower cost, home produced, self dependent products to us?
And, if you look, their margins arent too extreme, they move a tremendous volume of product, and do it very well.