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Originally Posted by plsureking
ah so you dont know the difference between having the "right" to buy petroleum-based products and profiting from petroleum-based products? yes the soldiers of the Western world have fought hard for the rights of average citizens to buy petroleum-based products. but the average salary of a US soldier deployed in Iraq is still $28k a year, while the average US Senator makes over $200k a year (for life, without kickbacks) for sending that soldier down the path of an IED.
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Of course I know the difference...and yes in our society some people are paid more than others...so what? Also soldiers have the potential to become a U.S. Senator if he chooses to. The fact is "we" all enjoy the fruits of oil and if it were not for those that are willing to invest in and profit from oil...life as we now know it...would not exist in the U.S.