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Originally Posted by Azure
Oil companies already pay 15% royalties. They've been good to Alberta....Alberta has been good to them.
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It isn't a question of good or bad. It's a question of a quantifiable amount determined by a thrid party. And certainly not determined by "Azure".
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Why not leave things as is? Why does 'greedy' Ed need more? What is he going to do with more money?
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Greedy Ed are you serious? I think it's probably his duty to look into it. So he does. The panel looks into it and determines an inbalance. If they came back with zero imbalance assessed, I'm sure he'd happily say no measures need be taken.
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What the heck does Alberta need a bigger surplus for?
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Thankfully you don't decide what all Albertans want/need. Nor do I for that matter. Although I should.
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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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You never said that? Actually you are and continue to. You reinforce your stance by making the absurd point that any rebalance of the royalties means a Hugo Chavez like atmosphere must exist.
I point blank ask you. Do the people of alberta rightfully get oil and gas revenues (as collected by their government) from royalties?
Or, like your windmill analogy, should they not get any?
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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.
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Very true. But as I've said before that's an entirely different issue.
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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.
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See previous point.