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Up to a million people on income support will be eligible for half fares on London’s buses under Ken Livingstone’s oil deal with Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president.
Single parents, carers, the long-term sick and disabled people will benefit from the plan, first mooted during Mr Chávez’s visit to the UK last year, paying 50p for a single journey if they use an Oystercard.
Originally posted by Souljah
A similar thing happened before - only then, Chavez offered to Oil to the Poor of the US. Looks like Venezuela is now a big friend - of the poor people living in the West. And their numbers are rising.
Originally posted by Souljah
Well what can I say - I guess PRIDE won in this cases. City of Chicago might turned away the free oil, but did the poor people living in the city of Chicago?
But I really do not understand the Eskimos. Aren't they cold and would like some free oil, to warm their igloos up? Weird...
Originally posted by marg6043
I feel sorry for the Eskimos really, they have oil in their lands and can not even get free oil from from our own government.
Wait!!!!! they do get oil right? but do they get it free.
Originally posted by shots
But Alaskans do get paid by the state to live there and they do not pay any state taxes, the state pays them xxx number of dollars each month for each member of the family which comes from the Oil industry so in a way you are wrong because they do get benfits from the oil industry.
Originally posted by marg6043
Interesting, I guess Alaskans fall in the native american cathegory while texans do not.