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Originally posted by ratech@Aug 17 2005, 10:31 PM
That's not the issue we are talking about here. I agree with you 100% (including emissions, etc). I am talking about the whining Albertans who can't see the forest for the trees. We are beneficieries of the oil boom. Including "Your CALGARY FLAMES". No oil, no gas, no flame. Live it, love it. [I'm talkin ownership here]
EDIT - I misunderstood your post a litlle bit about the "we don't"
How do you and every other Calgarian NOT benefit from Higher gas prices. Please explain to me.
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The oil companies do benefit from this huge and so does the province, we all know that. The common guy how is busting his ass trying to eran a living is the one that suffers. Cost of living keeps going up and the wages aren't keeping up anymore, at least mine aren't. I need my car for work as I am in outside sales, all this means for me is that my costs are going up and it is hard to push that onto my clients when you have to be competetive. Walmart is another expample where they are starting to see a trend of thier sales keep going down due to what they are saying are higher gas prices, they target lower to middle class families, when you are on a tight budget already and gas goes up ten cents a liter in one week it kind of hurts in the pocket book. It may not seem like a lot but over the course of a year it does.