>I agree, however, to be precise, OPEC was indeed formed as a CARTEL. It wasn't the U.S. that started referring to OPEC as a cartel. It really is a cartel.
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>Or did you mean something else?

Perhaps confusing a cartel with a monopoly ?

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>>>Sorry, I'm not buying it. No one is forced to work far from home. No one is forced to work. Hell, in the US the federal government provides numerous incentives not to work, but I digress. We all have choices we have made in the past and more to make in the future and we have to live with those decisions. If one insists on living an hour car ride from their job, that's their choice. No one forced them into it and no one is forcing them to stay. Everyone must weigh their options, make a decision and live with the consequences.
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>>What do you propose for a family?
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>>- Both working at the same place or very close to each other
>>- One works the other stays home
>>- None of them work, hey, it is our choice if we want to eat or not, and we should live with that decision too!
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>>Now, of course each time the member of the family that works changes work (by their decision or their employer) then the family needs to move, and if the area of the new job is much more expensive than the one they currently live, tough luck
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>>Yes, Jake, very realistic your way to solve problems.
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>>Oh, by the way... The US does not NEED to buy oil from the OPEC, so they should really stop complaining and calling them a Cartel.