[Marie]

Of course you don’t. Because you don’t have a problem with your candidate being owned by any special interest group.

I want my candidate to look at the entirety of a situation and do what’s best for the American people.

I don’t want a candidate that’ll allow oil interests to cover up safety violations and the deaths of their workers.

https://www.revealnews.org/article/in-north-dakotas-bakken-oil-boom-there-will-be-blood/

We need a balance and a ‘bought’ candidate will always favor their donors. They cannot be impartial or fair or just.

Cruz is the establishment GOP of choice for the industry. Not for me.

[A Conservative Thinker]

Ted Cruz opposes any type of corporate welfare and considering that you have left wing politicians actively working against the entire industry..there’s an obvious reason to contribute to candidates that will oppose the destructive regulations and job killing schemes imposed upon them. If you want talk “safety violations” and accidents...let’s debate.

[Smokin' Joe]

If you were ever under the impression that working on an oil rig is as safe as being a secretary, let me dispel that now. It isn't. We work with pressures exceeding 2000 psi, we work with flammable gasses and liquids in the area, a single joint of drill pipe (30 ft. section) weighs in at 1500 lbs. It is hard and dangerous work often carried out in adverse conditions by men who work 12 hour shifts on equipment that runs 24/7/365.

Despite that, go look up the ten most dangerous jobs.

According to Forbes, the top ten are:

1. Logging workers

2. Fishers and related fishing workers

3. Aircraft pilot and flight engineers

4. Roofers

5. Structural iron and steel workers

6. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

8. Drivers/sales workers and truck drivers

9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

10. Construction laborers

What? The oilfield didn't make the list?

Well is that because they are hiding the dead?

NO. Over the last 20 years drilling and well servicing and other service companies have been aggressively pursuing a safer workplace, with oil company safety personnel inspecting rigs, and drilling company safety personnel doing the same. OSHA has weighed in, too. Personnel are subjected to pre-employment drug screening and random checks as well.

That doesn't prevent all accidents, but it has been enough to reduce them to the point that being a rig hand doesn't even rate in the top ten most dangerous jobs any more. In fact, it is more dangerous to be a garbage collector, even if getting squashed by a truck is less spectacular than the rare rig fire.