Even Congress is more popular than the oil and gas industry

A Gallup survey finds that literally every other industry is more popular than our friends in oil and gas.

There is nothing more to say about Gallup’s latest survey of the popularity of business sectors than this: Oil and gas is the least popular industry in America.

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Industries that people like better than oil and gas:

Accounting
Pharmaceuticals
Electric companies
Bankers!
Lawyers!!
Airlines!!!

You’re OK, America. You’re gonna be just fine.

More popular than Exxon, unsurprisingly.

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