Quote from tomcole:
The GS guy who wrote it, is ranked #3 Oil/Gas analyst by II. You have to read the report and not just sound bites. You have to think it through before commenting on it as well.
But the cascading effect of oil hitting 60 or 70, is, at retail, heating oil hitting 3 or even 4 bucks a gallon, gas hitting 3 bucks a gallon, which cuts down house prices in the North east, which cuts real estate taxes paid, which creates huge deficits for cities and towns as they need to meet ever increasing pensions and benefits for workers.
It benefits the southeast/west. etc.
Its the cascade effect that sinks the economic ship, not the initial impact.