And how much republicans love paying for peoples coronavirus medical needsAnd we all know how much Liberals love the oil barons...suddenly.The crash was due to Putin refusing to go along with OPEC's request to cut back on production to support the price of oil. In part a reaction to US oil production increases. The effect of the oil price crash is making it impossible for a majority of US producers in the shale plays to make a profit at current price levels.The crash was due to Russia over producing oil to compete with the US.