• anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    Especially the financial incentives. Cheney was the former owner of one of the biggest contractors for the war, and they were all tied to the oil industry.

    Anyone remember what the wars did to oil prices?

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      16 hours ago

      The funny part was the massive gas tax that doubled my gas budget, which was later repealed, but gas prices were unaltered by the repeal. And I think that’s happened like 3 times in my life. I still remember thinking a dollar was expensive for gas.