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Originally Posted by Flame On
Wrong again.
They can make as much profit as they're allowed under guidlines. Or are you suggesting there should be no royalties paid? I mean why not using your arguments? All of the money should go only to the share holders who were sage enough to have enough cash to invest in those companies.
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No.
Oil companies already pay 15% royalties. They've been good to Alberta....Alberta has been good to them.
Why not leave things as is? Why does 'greedy' Ed need more? What is he going to do with more money?
What the heck does Alberta need a bigger surplus for?
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Albertans don't see returns from windmills (as you call them), so perhaps they should not see returns from the particular natural resources we're discussing? Wow.
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Nice try.
I never said that.
You were whining about the oil belonging to 'us'....therefore 'we' should get MORE money. If you use that logic...the wind also belongs to 'us' therefore the government should get royalties from the wind power being sold into the grid.
Sweet deal, huh....royalties from an infinite resource.
Our wind...so big deal, right?
If the oil really belongs to 'us'....why not make the oil companies 'public'....like Chavez did in Venezuela? That way the government can screw everything up even more.
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The bolded section is an opinion of yours and is where we differ.
On this situation I want them to step in and take a higher amount and then put that into "stuff" for albertans. Whether they end up doing that is entirely another issue.
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What stuff?
We already have a surplus to buy 'stuff' with. Why not use that money to buy this stuff you're talking about.
I know you're referring to health care, education, etc, etc....problem is the money is already there....but as the age old saying goes...'you can't throw money at problems and expect them to go away.'
more money does not equal a better alberta.