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6. Not only that, but they've been snapping up gold for decades

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 30, 2015, 04:06 PM

Oct 2015

All they have to do is hock Mama's jewelry and they'll be solvent for many years.

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Gas prices are too low. [View all] Aerows Oct 2015 OP

I'm not sure that's the reason. CJCRANE Oct 2015 #1

They won't Aerows Oct 2015 #3

Whatever the reason... CJCRANE Oct 2015 #5

No, we are not the ones pulling the strings Aerows Oct 2015 #8

They have to pump it while they can TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #62

Saudi has no debt. Even at current burn rates, with a fully funded war, they have five years of cold Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #2

It is a great problem to have Aerows Oct 2015 #4

Not only that, but they've been snapping up gold for decades Warpy Oct 2015 #6

Pride. Aerows Oct 2015 #25

Enough for Saudi princes to buy every hooker in the Western Hemisphere. cherokeeprogressive Oct 2015 #57

You are actually 100% correct: gas prices are far too low NickB79 Oct 2015 #7

Yeah no thank you yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #11

Well if we coupled investment in mass transit and tax breaks for fuel efficient cars with liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #14

Well get some mass transit going and maybe it would work yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #19

It's the chicken and egg. You have to get voters to be willing to invest in mass transit and liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #20

Yeah I live in a democratic stronghold and when Annapolis was asked to yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #24

Mass transit will never be an option for everybody. Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #29

Mass transit actually can work very well in suburbs. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #47

"We love the freedom and independence ..." former9thward Oct 2015 #59

I'm not saying we should take the freedom away. What I am saying is if we are going to liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #60

Being in a large college town I am around Millennials day and night. former9thward Oct 2015 #61

As I said the majority of Millennials are passionate about global warming and yes they are liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #63

Global warming, left unchecked, will kill billons by the end of this century NickB79 Oct 2015 #54

Poor people finally get a break on something and someone wants to put a stop to it. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #16

Yeah and it is the ones that have a huge income and healthy investments who scream yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #22

Is he right or not? The2ndWheel Oct 2015 #48

What break do the poor in Bangladesh get when the rising seas flood them out? NickB79 Oct 2015 #53

Right?!?! bigwillq Oct 2015 #55

I paid $1.89/gallon yesterday Mosby Oct 2015 #9

Where do you live? oberliner Oct 2015 #12

Phoenix, that's the current costco price as of yesterday Mosby Oct 2015 #35

1.999 lots of places in Tucson yesterday Kali Oct 2015 #51

Good for you! Still paying around $2.50/gal for reg in CT bigwillq Oct 2015 #56

I paid $1.78 for mid grade today but I had 30 cents off a gallon with my Kroger plus card SammyWinstonJack Oct 2015 #58

Could be. It definitely would not be the first or last time that thousands or millions were killed GoneFishin Oct 2015 #10

As an environmentalist, I wish prices were a lot, lot higher TransitJohn Oct 2015 #13

Yes but we need to find a way to do that without going to war. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #15

As an environmentalist, I wish alternative energy prices were a lot, lot lower KamaAina Oct 2015 #21

I wish you would band with like thinkers Tommy2Tone Oct 2015 #31

Sorry, TransitJohn Oct 2015 #33

Greater good and collateral damage? Tommy2Tone Oct 2015 #34

Sadly you're tone deaf. TransitJohn Oct 2015 #36

Okay..I'm old and sometimes forget things Tommy2Tone Oct 2015 #50

I agree TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #64

Said no one, ever. KamaAina Oct 2015 #17

Funny thing, I was reading that the MENA nations will be broke in 5 years if gas prices don't go up. Rex Oct 2015 #18

Indeed, my friend. Aerows Oct 2015 #23

The price of oil is too low Capt. Obvious Oct 2015 #26

Blame lies in Riyadh. roamer65 Oct 2015 #37

Cuz why have health when a handful of people can have boatloads of more money? nt valerief Oct 2015 #27

Isn't that why Bush lied us into Iraq? KansDem Oct 2015 #28

It was a smart strategy... CJCRANE Nov 2015 #65

Well they own Fox News Tommy2Tone Oct 2015 #30

I find it anything Aerows Oct 2015 #40

I find your post alarming. And I thought wrong. Tipperary Oct 2015 #32

It will end when the Saudis and Iranians start head to head war. roamer65 Oct 2015 #38

I'm sensing some sarcasm here, LOL. GGJohn Oct 2015 #39

I thought it was so patently obvious Aerows Oct 2015 #42

I was 99.9% sure it was sarcasm, GGJohn Oct 2015 #45

Rap me on the knuckles. Aerows Oct 2015 #46

What about the poor? meow2u3 Oct 2015 #41

I edited to include the sarcasm tag. Aerows Oct 2015 #43

Watch as Saudi jamzrockz Oct 2015 #44

Didn't gas prices drop similarly last year? That Guy 888 Oct 2015 #49

Probably Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #52