.............................."Jensen paid for the renovation with $15,000 he earned in the past two years trapping muskrats, whose fur is sent to China to be fashioned into coats, slippers and earmuffs. Each pelt fetches about $10.
"That's a pile of muskrats," Jenson said after the construction was done.
The mobile venture, called Better Showers, rolled into an RV campground in the heart of the oil patch in June. A shower costs $10, with a half-price discount for residents of the RV park where the business is located. Towels and washcloths are $1 extra. The water pressure is strong, the soap is free and there is no time limit.
The business is parked along U.S. Highway 85, the busiest two-lane highway in western North Dakota, where about 100 trucks pass by every 10 minutes. The showers are open from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., the time when most people are getting off work.".........................................
At least someone made some money and hopefully employed a few people along the way.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
otisptoadwater wrote: At least someone made some money and hopefully employed a few people along the way.
Oil workers make gobs of $ and are willing to spend it on goods and services. Unemployment is low in SD. I think this is accurate re: South Dakota " jobless rate in July was a jaw-dropping 0.70% in Williams County, and where ten counties have jobless rates below 2%".
Of course that does not count since they are only "temporary jobs" like the Keystone Pipeline would have created.
