Mitt Romney wants to lay an oil pipeline over this water supply...

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11. So instead of current jobs at refineries in the midwest the jobs get transferred to Houston

Net gain of zip, nada, nothing. Then instead of the refined oil being used in the Midwest, based upon the product existing and being distributed in the Midwest, the product will be loaded onto tankers and sold in foreign countries.

To simplify:

1. The oil needs to be refined. It can be refined at the point of extraction, but there is not a large enough market in Canada. It can be refined in the upper Midwest, where a large market exists. (current state) Proposed pipeline is to have the product shipped to a free trade zone, refined in Houston, where it then can be sold in a market that includes China, India, the entire world. So how would refining jobs be created? They can either exist in Canada, where then the refined fuel needs to be transported to the U.S. market, or in the upper Midwest or Texas. The only thing the pipeline does is transfer the jobs from the Midwest to Texas.

2. You really aren't trying to argue that Oil companies give two shits about U.S. jobs are you? It is Canadian product, refined in a free trade zone shipped to the world market, all while the U.S. takes the environmental risks.