To: mnehring
we would be the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world... Not quite.
6 posted on
04/15/2009 4:11:52 PM PDT by
trumandogz
(The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at I00 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
To: trumandogz
But we have lots of oil. And that my friend can buy a lot!
We could also withhold that oil from socialists states like New York. I say let em freeze in the dark!
18 posted on
04/15/2009 4:27:43 PM PDT by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: trumandogz; mnehring
we would be the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world... Not quite.
Depending on the measure, somewhere between 9th and 11th, with about the same GDP as Russia and India. I think the "5th and 6th largest" number you are thinking of is military power, if you take the number of active duty Texans in the military.
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