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Originally Posted by Azure
Did I say that?
I said 2 billion 'more' wouldn't necessarily 'change' anything right now.
What, Albertans think that upping the royalties by 20% and health care, education, and the rest of the fields that need funding are suddenly going to get it?
I don't think so.
Money is already there to provide that....which obviously shows that lack of funding isn't the problem.
How would it yield them some benefit?
From some of the accounts I've read....it might actually have a negative effect on the economy.
88% of the people are ignorant of the problem if they think increasing royalties by 20% is going to help.
But then again, people think money first....other consequences later.
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But the thing is, that you DON'T KNOW that it wont change anything. You assume it wont, because the governement supposedly already has full coffers, a statement that I find somewhat dubious. Anybody can find accounts/propaganda from both sides that will tell you opposite things.
Instead of trying to confound the situation with layer upon layer of assumptions, the average joe is going to keep it simple. He's not going to expect any immediate benefits from the 2 billion being in EnCana
et al. 's hands, but he can at least expect something from the governement as the money has to be spent somewhere.
Just because you choose to think that the money in the hands of the governement is not going to make a difference, doesnt mean that everybody else - or 88% of the population - is stupid, let alone wrong. It is not as black or white as you would like to believe.
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