If You Are PLanning To Fill The Gas Tank....

[Hobbes]

You missed my point. The bust in the early '80s was a veritable economic sh!tstorm in this state(*), and it didn't do a damned thing about this state's economy being dependent on petroleum, aside from shifting the emphasis from crude to natural gas and shifting a bunch of oil company HQs from Oklahoma to Texas. If that kind of seismic event didn't do anything, why would you expect this relatively minor downturn to effect any change?

(*)Or am I the only one who remembers "will the last person leaving Oklahoma please turn out the lights?" and "I bank at FDIC--new branches opening daily!"

Ugh, the state of OK paid nearly a billion dollars in tax credits last year in the name of quality jobs and diversification.
There's talk that maybe some of those tax credits will be revoked, cause they're a scam, but we'll see.

 

[Raoul Duke]

The fossil fool industry in Derplahoma should just replace all their workers with a cheaper illegal alien workforce misclassified as independent contractors, that seems to be the prescription for prosperity in other industries. Besides, I hear they work harder and are more reliable[sarcasm/off].

 

[Mos Eisley]

What kind of people have no sympathy for someone losing their job!?! Ain't nobody gettin' rich off $75K. I don't care how much of it you put away, you still can't afford to lose your job. I guess some of you are independently wealthy, or think you're indispensable.

 

[tRidiot]

What kind of people have no sympathy for someone losing their job!?! Ain't nobody gettin' rich off $75K. I don't care how much of it you put away, you still can't afford to lose your job. I guess some of you are independently wealthy, or think you're indispensable.

Wow.... I'm just not even gonna... lol.

 

[Rooster1971]

I wish gas prices were $4.00 a gallon and the state would have money to have good roads. Nevermind...

 

[Raoul Duke]

Ain't nobody gettin' rich off $75K.

Median household income in OK is $45,339. Per capita income is $24,208.

Now are you really that surprised that there isn't a high level of sympathy for someone making nearly double the median household income and over three times the per capita income losing their jobs and no longer being able to afford the lifestyle they had become accustomed to, here?

 

[dennishoddy]

I wish gas prices were $4.00 a gallon and the state would have money to have good roads. Nevermind...

How much maintenance are our roads going to have now?

Every fricking place I drive now has traffic cones up, making me detour everywhere. Where did this money come from?

 

[montesa]

Median household income in OK is $45,339. Per capita income is $24,208.

Now are you really that surprised that there isn't a high level of sympathy for someone making nearly double the median household income and over three times the per capita income losing their jobs and no longer being able to afford the lifestyle they had become accustomed to, here?

They deserve sympathy. How can you say they don't? They're used to having brand new cars, fancy houses, looking successful on Facebook and the importance those things afford a person.

 

[dennishoddy]

Median household income in OK is $45,339. Per capita income is $24,208.

Now are you really that surprised that there isn't a high level of sympathy for someone making nearly double the median household income and over three times the per capita income losing their jobs and no longer being able to afford the lifestyle they had become accustomed to, here?

I see your in favor of sanders? Communism demands all people are reliant on the state. Everything is owned by the state. No body makes more than anybody else no matter how much work they do.

Your comfortable with this? How has your theory worked out in history?

 

[Mos Eisley]

Now are you really that surprised that there isn't a high level of sympathy for someone making nearly double the median household income and over three times the per capita income losing their jobs and no longer being able to afford the lifestyle they had become accustomed to, here?

Yes, yes I am. Sounds like a mean case of sour grapes and a complete lack of empathy. Some of these people have families and may be losing a lot more than a "lifestyle". Jobs aren't exactly growing on trees these days...despite what Obama tells you.