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kelliekat44

(7,759 posts) Sat Jan 10, 2015, 03:29 PM Jan 2015

Did the oil rich parts of the country NOT suffer like the rest of the country during the recession? [View all]

I am a little tired of the pundits always talking about how the low gasoline prices will hurt a lot of people so there is a down side to low oil prices. OK. All that might be true but is this not part of the revered "Market Place" that the 1% is always holding up as some sanctified deity? Give me a break!! For once, can we have a unified group hug good economic news and oil prices that will gouge working families to death?

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Did the oil rich parts of the country NOT suffer like the rest of the country during the recession? [View all] kelliekat44 Jan 2015 OP

Low oil prices = more people using more fuel = more CO2 emissions = bad Spider Jerusalem Jan 2015 #1

I don't think they suffered as much daredtowork Jan 2015 #2

As GOPLife, Chris Ladd, had explained in his article BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #3

What really got my goat about Texas daredtowork Jan 2015 #5

"A little recession might be good for their soul." BlueCaliDem Jan 2015 #7

Alaska took a hit. nt elias49 Jan 2015 #4

The DC area did spectacularly well during the recession, I believe TX did well closeupready Jan 2015 #6

Alaska didn't suffer much during the recession, Blue_In_AK Jan 2015 #8