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Re: Gasoline Riots in Iran

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From: Gatt
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:04
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"Lobby Dosser" <lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net> wrote in message 
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>
>> Bill, I get what you're saying and the only conclusion I can come to
>> is that these guys don't WANT to get what you're saying.  Either that
>> or they just don't want -other- people to get it.
>
> The oil companies make 10% profit. The banks make 17%. Which one is
> exploiting the American people?

Both.  But, reduced to lowest common denominators (simplified for the 
easily-confused) a farmer can operate his tractor, a police department can 
operate its patrol cars and an office employee can get to work without a 
bank.

If you want to avoid paying a bank 17%, don't be a dumbass.  Avoid banks. 
Meanwhile a squadron of F-16s or border patrol helicopters isn't gonna fly 
on saved pennies.

-c 
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From: "Gatt" <gatt@juggerFUbot.com>
Newsgroups: pdx.general,or.politics,seattle.politics,az.politics
Subject: Re: Gasoline Riots in Iran
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:04:24 -0700
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