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Old 11-08-2015, 04:27 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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...large Corps which have become rich want to control access to net, keeping small guys out.

The 1% and the GOP at their best try to get it all.
What makes you think millions of American workers and retirees don't have oil company stocks in their pension funds and retirement accounts? In aggregate they have $24.7 trillion invested in those plans/accounts and yes, that includes oil company stocks. So cut the BS about the 1% and the GOP.

ICI Measures Retirement Assets at $24.7 Trillion
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Old 11-08-2015, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Salisbury,NC
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What makes you think millions of American workers and retirees don't have oil company stocks in their pension funds and retirement accounts? In aggregate they have $24.7 trillion invested in those plans/accounts and yes, that includes oil company stocks. So cut the BS about the 1% and the GOP.

ICI Measures Retirement Assets at $24.7 Trillion
If their pension accounts have an excess of any of the areas in equities its time for a new administrator of those accounts. Right now and for a foreseeable future that is a lost area of growth in cost and possibly dividend's. Based on the last few months money has moved out of energy and into staples. You would hope those pension funds are acting in a responsible manner.
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Old 11-08-2015, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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This sounds about right for this thread.

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Old 11-08-2015, 07:44 AM
 
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If their pension accounts have an excess of any of the areas in equities its time for a new administrator of those accounts. Right now and for a foreseeable future that is a lost area of growth in cost and possibly dividend's. Based on the last few months money has moved out of energy and into staples. You would hope those pension funds are acting in a responsible manner.
The point is that corporate shareholders, including that of oil companies, are not just the top 1% and the GOP. Americam workers and retirees have $24.7 trillion invested in their pension plans and retirement accounts. As such, it's either ignorant or downright deliberately deceptive to claim that only the top 1% and the GOP benefit from corporate profits. Frankly, its time to end that BS.
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Old 11-08-2015, 07:45 AM
 
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This sounds about right for this thread.
I am sure the unions that make auto parts for the combustion engine would like to have a word with bernie sanders. thought he loved unions.
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Old 11-08-2015, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Out in the Badlands
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Bernie Sanders is a flaming idiot.
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Old 11-08-2015, 07:47 AM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I am sure the unions that make auto parts for the combustion engine would like to have a word with bernie sanders. thought he loved unions.
I have driven a Tesla, I don't think they would have any issue with Sanders and those that voted for this bill.
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Old 11-08-2015, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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You want new development, buy your own land. Why do you support socialism
I'd like to see the taxpayers get royalties from oil extracted from federal lands. This money could be used to offset some of the cost of operating the federal government and keep some money in taxpayer's pockets. Why do you support theft?
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Old 11-08-2015, 09:08 AM
 
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LOL!!!

Many of these liberals (tree huggers) have gone back to bicycles too. Pedal cars might be an alternative they would like.

Most liberals don't like living in the country, because they can't walk to the grocery store or other places they need to go.

Liberals are basically very backward. They would prefer to live in the past, and wish to force everyone else to do so too. They would happily return to lighting candles or lanterns (like the Amish) and not use electricity in their homes.
I don't think that's true actually. Does anyone remember that annual event, one time a year that used to be heavily promoted in the media? I think it was called "lights out day" or "stop global warming day" (before the term global warming went out of vogue). It was the day where all the liberals around the world would turn off their lights, light candles, then get bored and drive to their favorite restaurants to celebrate a candle lit meal with other similar thinking people and bask in their smugness together. Of course, none of them caught the irony of using even more fossil fuels than usual in order to celebrate their feel good day.

My point is, they love the idea of using candles and "alternate energies", and would like to force others to if possible, but for these disingenuous liberals the most important thing of all is believing. It's not the action itself. It's like DiCaprio in his giant yacht complaining about "climate change" and how we need to act now before it's too late. There's just no sense of self awareness with these people. I mean, like zero.
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Old 11-08-2015, 09:13 AM
 
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Nikola Tesla gave us free energy over 100 years ago
and his work is still suppressed by the Rothschild/Rockefeller
Standard Oil elite.

Here we are, in the 21st Century, and many Americans are
so dumbed-down that they actually believe opening up Federal Lands
to drill for carbon-based fuels somehow benefits them.
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