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bigendian

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Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Fri Oct 22, 2021, 01:18 PM

Oct 2021

It’s a weak dollar economy. Oil is priced in dollars. A weaker dollar means it takes more to buy a barrel. On the other hand, it makes American produced products cheaper on the global market which keeps our manufacturing active and leading to lower unemployment.

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Sigh [View all] Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2021 OP

No bigendian Oct 2021 #1

It is also caused by the pipeline that wasn't even built doc03 Oct 2021 #2

for almost 2 years, people didn't drive much lapfog_1 Oct 2021 #3

thanks friends. Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2021 #4