>>>>>And, if they used my plan, oil would be $5.00 a barrel, because we would own it.
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>>>>The U.S. produces oil. It's what Texas is famous for. See anything around at $5.00 per barrel?
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>>>We get most of our oil from some third world country to the north!<g>
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>>It's only the parts of the country you don't get it from that would be classed as third world. ;)
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>Opposite... the raw material producers are so third-world... the guys who invent schemes, sell hot air, invent more middlemen to go between your middlemen, guys who sell ideas and wisdom, they are the top. Ergo, Nigeria.

Normally. Here, Albertans reap the benefits of their oil production. In fact, a couple of years ago, every Alberta resident was sent a cheque for $400.00 by the provincial government. They were called 'prosperity cheques'.