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26. I live by an amy base and 2 air force bases. We have plenty of troops "practicing" We can spare some

Mon Jun 6, 2022, 10:01 AM

Jun 2022

for that. Not like we are under attack. Unless we count the oil companies robbing us..

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So, can Biden nationalize US oil companies because they won't pump more oil? [View all] Samrob Jun 2022 OP

Would more oil be helpful? JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2022 #1

If nationalized, the military could reopen. nt Samrob Jun 2022 #4

How many troops shall we set aside for that? NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 #8

When did the military become experts on oil and gas production? MichMan Jun 2022 #9

Yeah, I was about to make the same point In It to Win It Jun 2022 #28

Are they gonna hold the workers at gunpoint ? madville Jun 2022 #13

Don'cha know Lurker Deluxe Jun 2022 #20

MOS 92OR sarisataka Jun 2022 #22

Some of them were shut down for other reasons. GoCubsGo Jun 2022 #14

Keep it in the ground. Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #2

The price of gas needs to quadruple oioioi Jun 2022 #10

Sorry, the planet is on life support. Gas is way too cheap. oioioi Jun 2022 #21

The US uses 20% of the world's produced oil madville Jun 2022 #27

Of course! Patton French Jun 2022 #3

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2022 #6

Under what grounds would it be a national emergency? MichMan Jun 2022 #7

Exactly. It isn't going to happen. JohnSJ Jun 2022 #11

And, what happens when they can't refine it fast enough? GoCubsGo Jun 2022 #12

Sounds like a great path to shortages madville Jun 2022 #15

No he can't. And he wouldn't. onenote Jun 2022 #17

We have the oil, but can't refine it or it costs too much. sinkingfeeling Jun 2022 #23

No Biden can't nationalize oil iemanja Jun 2022 #24

If Biden could do that, that is a sure way to lose the midterm. In It to Win It Jun 2022 #29