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I guess you missed this line:
This could eventually impact the region by as many as 20,000 jobs.

Using your formula, we should just get our oil from Saudi Arabia or Iraq because they can produce it easier than we can.

This could eventually impact the region by as many as 20,000 jobs. OH NO!!! Don't tell me people will have to change careers!!!! Oh how did we ever survive the industrial revolution? As for Saudi Oil, if you took out all the safety issues, YES, we should. But since money we give them seems to go into the pocket of terrorists who wish to harm us, it's probably not a good idea. However, we should absolutely exploit the oil of friendly nations, if it is more economically efficient to do so. Do you think that if you put a wall around your county, that it would be just as well off, economically as it is now? If not, why stop at our borders?