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Originally Posted by KingElvis
Fact: Right now you could think of the untapped oil in US federal lands as "our" oil, in that it belongs to the US government.
Fact: Once the oil is drilled and pumped, it becomes' "Exxon's oil" (or whatever company).
Fact: The oil Exxon takes from American federal lands will be put on a WORLD oil market and sold to the highest bidder.
All the drilling demagogues need to keep this in mind: It's not "our" oil once it's out of the ground - it's Exxon's.
So this means drilling BY DEFINITION, means taking American oil and selling it to the rest of the world - how in God's name could that ever be construed, in any way, as "energy independence."?
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People with the above degree of understanding lead others to make comments like this:
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Originally Posted by Pedal 2 Metal
Oh the government...
They take a tremendous amount of money from us, and yet almost none of it is put to good use. How the hell did we get to this point?
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