With global oil prices plummeting, you might think people in Saudi Arabia, a nation synonymous with oil, where 90 percent of government revenue comes from holes drilled in its majestically profitable sands, would be freaking out.
But at a busy downtown gas station one day recently, there was not a whiff of concern among the drivers of the stream of Audis, Cadillacs, Mercedes-Benzes, Dodges and Chevys pulling up to the pumps in a land where government-subsidized gas is as cheap as water.
“Personally, it doesn’t affect me a bit,” said Ghaith, 49, who works in a bookstore and spends about $40 a month fueling his big American-made SUV. “It might affect the government in the future — maybe they will have to cut back on their big projects. But it’s no problem for me.”
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Yeah, but you have to live in a &#@%hole. I would rather live in the underbelly of a porta john, outside of Ravens stadium and pay $100 per gallon, than live in the middle east.
ReplyDeleteI would rather have cheap gas in the u. s. $.14 cents a gallon.
ReplyDeleteas they RAPE us stupid americans.
ReplyDeleteIt's on it's way back up here.
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to live their for cheap gas. We are very overtaxed in this country and most of our gas price is to pay for Atate and Fedwral taxes.
ReplyDeleteCheaper than water. Bought a gallon of drinking water at the store lately?
ReplyDeleteGhaith sounds like those "folks" who didn't really care about Obamacare because "it doesn't affect me"
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