By this logic, Pritzker and Trump also would be demanding any company that raked it in during COVID (there were many) return its profits “to the public.” Ergo, letters should have been sent to Amazon, Microsoft and Zoom, to name three examples of companies who thrived in that health crisis.... Public companies, of course, aren’t in the habit of returning their profits to “the public,” which would not go down well with their shareholders. And neither Pritzker nor Trump mention the government’s share. The state of Illinois currently adds 65.3 cents per gallon while the feds take 18.4 cents.