[Jim from C-Town]

Even those with no mineral rights will get jobs in the oil fields the ancillary industries and other industries that grow around a booming economy. This is what the Leftist morons refuse to understand. The wealthy, old or new, do not put their money under the mattress. They invest it, they spend it and they use it all over the economy and that generates even more income and wealth for the broader society.

The fact that my neighbor becomes wealthy has no negative effect on my circumstances, as a matter of fact, it probably only helps as said neighbor may spend his money on a business or service I provide or support a charity that I believe in.

[TexasBarak]

You are right about that- I work for one of the oldest welding supply companies in the country (ironically, headquartered in Fort Collins), and our sales are going gangbusters wherever there is oilfield activity (which is a lot of Texas!).