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Cowperson · 11-04-2010, 08:23 AM

There is a genuine argument that taxpayers would suffer if Potash were taken into the BHP Biliton structure . . . . . so it's not necessarily all about populism.

I think BHP is going to have to come up with some guarantees regarding tax revenues if it wants this to happen.

Cowperson

11-04-2010, 08:23 AM	#5
Cowperson CP Pontiff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: A pasture out by Millarville Exp:	There is a genuine argument that taxpayers would suffer if Potash were taken into the BHP Biliton structure . . . . . so it's not necessarily all about populism. I think BHP is going to have to come up with some guarantees regarding tax revenues if it wants this to happen. Cowperson __________________ Dear Lord, help me to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am. - Anonymous