High Oil Price and Airline Hiring
03-07-2022, 04:41 PM
#81
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Originally Posted by Carebear
Yes because the president controls the price of energy when a foreign nation invades another nation. Also, I wish we had Trump back in office so he could pass the Green New Deal, which would pull us away from our dependence on foreign oil.
03-07-2022, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie
You deserve it I see. Good luck. Keep the blinders on.
03-07-2022, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by WaterRooster
Brandon - Bad…Trump - Good. We get it. You are probably right that we wouldn’t have an issue right now if he was still in office. He would have pulled us out of NATO and blessed off on Putin going into Ukraine. Hence no sanctions and low oil prices. Tucker always knows how to get you off right?
03-07-2022, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie
He would not have pulled us out of NATO. Nice CNN talking point though.
03-07-2022, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by WaterRooster
You sure about that? He sure was headed that way. Keep talking though
https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k
03-07-2022, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie
He put the screws to them back in 2018 to get ALL of the NATO membership to start paying their agreed to contributions of 2% GDP. And, he warned them about their dependence on Russian energy. He had particular ire for the Germans. Former Chancellor Schroeder was sitting on the board of one of Putin’s oil companies. Those two had become BFF types. There was the US paying far more into NATO than anyone else to defend Europe from Russian aggression. While Europe poured big bucks into Putin’s coffers buying his oil and gas. While coming up short on NATO dues. Makes sense, right? You pay taxes, don’t you? Here it is, with the NATO Secretary General in 2018:
https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k
https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10581785/John-Bolton-said-Putin-waiting-Trump-withdraw-NATO-won-reelection.html
03-07-2022, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Carebear
From a right wing tabloid:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eelection.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eelection.html
Trump was sticking up for US taxpayers. Look at these stats from just last year. This is 3 years after Trump squawked!
https://www.statista.com/chart/14636...ato-countries/
03-07-2022, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie
John said that trying to sell his book. Nice try though!
Trump was sticking up for US taxpayers. Look at these stats from just last year. This is 3 years after Trump squawked!
https://www.statista.com/chart/14636...ato-countries/
Trump was sticking up for US taxpayers. Look at these stats from just last year. This is 3 years after Trump squawked!
https://www.statista.com/chart/14636...ato-countries/
This is a complaint of our own making.
03-07-2022, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by flyprdu
And yet, you'd complain if the US military budget was ever reduced.
This is a complaint of our own making.
This is a complaint of our own making.
