We could say the same about your labor. I'm guessing you consider it worth more than free.
I consider my mineral resources, just like the land above them, provided by God, but having value, and certainly not free to others.
I believe we have been in an actual Depression since 2008
Only if you make up your own definition for the word.
“Only if you make up your own definition for the word.”
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I define a depression as a falling average standard of living and by that definition we are in one and it is deepening as far as I can see. I disregard the official figures and propaganda, the only thing that matters to me is what I see happening.