SDuderstadt
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Fri May-20-11 11:11 PM
Response to Reply #42 |
| -Time to Nationalize our Oil Companies? |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 07:25 PM |
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I got a better idea. |
LetTimmySmoke |
May-20-11 07:25 PM |
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It will never happen as long as oil is privatized. |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 07:30 PM |
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The republicans would never ever let that happen |
Drale |
May-20-11 07:25 PM |
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Blood for oil? |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 07:38 PM |
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Works for me. nt |
abelenkpe |
May-20-11 07:31 PM |
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It could wipe out the national debt |
Canuckistanian |
May-20-11 07:34 PM |
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Total bullshit... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 08:23 PM |
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Well, excuse me |
Canuckistanian |
May-20-11 08:50 PM |
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We subsidize the Big Oil so much |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 08:56 PM |
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Easy. Most oil deposits are on State or Federal land, |
Arctic Dave |
May-20-11 08:57 PM |
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This "debate" just keeps getting more and more... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 09:33 PM |
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What is comical? |
Arctic Dave |
May-20-11 10:07 PM |
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+1 Sounds like the Health Insurance companies |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 10:13 PM |
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Dude... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 10:43 PM |
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The constitution isn't relevant to the claim about leased land. |
joshcryer |
May-20-11 10:54 PM |
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So, what? |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 11:00 PM |
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Dude, read the Constitution, have it on my iPhone. |
Arctic Dave |
May-20-11 11:08 PM |
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Dude.... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 11:11 PM |
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You really don't know anything about oil production do you? |
Arctic Dave |
May-20-11 11:29 PM |
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Cool... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 11:42 PM |
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I' ve been working on it for about three months, |
Arctic Dave |
May-21-11 12:15 AM |
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No, that's a legitimate claim, the US *does* take shares from leased land. |
joshcryer |
May-20-11 10:52 PM |
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Standard Federal Royalty is 12.5%... |
TTUBatfan2008 |
May-23-11 10:27 PM |
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The US could raise the share it takes of leased land, I think it's around 5%. |
joshcryer |
May-20-11 10:51 PM |
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Keep clinging to that idea as shit keeps getting worse and worse - will be interesting to see when |
slay |
May-21-11 01:20 AM |
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I'd love to see your... |
SDuderstadt |
May-21-11 01:22 AM |
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Well DUDE, that's like, you know, not my problem. The OP asked, and I said HELL YES |
slay |
May-21-11 01:26 AM |
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Of course... |
SDuderstadt |
May-21-11 01:28 AM |
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Jesus... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 07:36 PM |
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Most oil producing countrys' oil is nationalized |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 07:47 PM |
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Describe how you would do it... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 08:13 PM |
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Buy them off |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 08:42 PM |
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This "debate" just keeps getting more and more absurd... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 09:31 PM |
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Dont you think that |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 10:01 PM |
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Dude... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 10:42 PM |
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I thought we already settled that. Just compensation remember? |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 11:33 PM |
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Dude... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 11:34 PM |
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Dude, seriously... |
Hugabear |
May-21-11 01:34 AM |
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Ahh, I see you realize this now. So what's the plan? |
joshcryer |
May-20-11 10:49 PM |
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Use the $ billions for -paying down the debt |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 11:30 PM |
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Why not? It's our oil (and coal, and copper and taconite, etc). n/t |
Scuba |
May-20-11 07:57 PM |
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Read the fucking Constitution... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 08:15 PM |
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Property is confiscated all the time.. |
Fumesucker |
May-24-11 05:25 AM |
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But isn't a lot of their drilling outside the US? |
dkf |
May-20-11 07:42 PM |
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No |
Chris_Texas |
May-20-11 08:52 PM |
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The time was decades ago. nt. |
JanMichael |
May-20-11 08:55 PM |
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The US imports more than half the oil it consumes. |
Spider Jerusalem |
May-20-11 09:49 PM |
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Doesnt make any difference |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 09:57 PM |
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+1 n/t |
tammywammy |
May-20-11 10:37 PM |
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DU really does have some mind-bogglingly stupid economics threads. |
Nye Bevan |
May-20-11 10:36 PM |
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We spend about a billion a DAY on imported oil |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 10:42 PM |
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Here's what you're looking for: |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 10:46 PM |
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This? |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 11:09 PM |
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Nevermind, dude... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 11:12 PM |
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The vast majorty of oil producers are already nationalized. Canada and the US are the two... |
joshcryer |
May-20-11 10:48 PM |
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..the 2 suckers |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 10:55 PM |
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Don't stop the dreams short |
Jack Sprat |
May-20-11 10:51 PM |
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Applause. State owned banks probably better. |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 11:05 PM |
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It's a great idea. |
Octafish |
May-20-11 11:25 PM |
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Jesus, dude... |
SDuderstadt |
May-20-11 11:28 PM |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
May-20-11 11:31 PM |
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We could lease /contract out as easily |
ErikJ |
May-20-11 11:35 PM |
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You're big into property, sduderstadt? |
Octafish |
May-23-11 07:50 PM |
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Hell yes. |
slay |
May-21-11 01:13 AM |
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RE: Your edit...... |
socialist_n_TN |
May-23-11 08:23 PM |
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You make some excellent points. |
Nye Bevan |
May-23-11 10:09 PM |
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Would we really have to buy them out? |
ohnoyoudidnt |
May-23-11 10:22 PM |
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I'm not interested in nationalized oil companies in the USA. |
badtoworse |
May-23-11 08:43 PM |
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So let me get this straight........ |
socialist_n_TN |
May-23-11 08:50 PM |
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Venezuela is an exporter of petroleum. That makes a huge difference. |
badtoworse |
May-23-11 08:56 PM |
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But I thought we could DRILL our way out of our |
socialist_n_TN |
May-23-11 09:02 PM |
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How would you know? For decades, large areas of the country have been off limits to exploration |
badtoworse |
May-24-11 05:14 AM |
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This whole thread is...astounding, to say the least. nt |
NYC Liberal |
May-24-11 05:30 AM |
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