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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
policy decisions made by the government of former premier Don Getty and PERPETUATED by the Klein government.
The Parkland Institute estimates that if the current Alberta government had collected revenue from oil and gas companies at the same rate as the Lougheed government, resource revenue would have been about $3.78 billion higher per year between 1992 and 1997. If royalties and other fees had been assessed at the same rate as Alaska, the Alberta government would have brought in an extra $2.0 billion per year
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Okay, so the number was higher than I said. I said 2 billion and that article says 3.78 Billion... that supports my case. I didn't make anything up, I just quoted the wrong number.
Also, the word 'perpetuated' is an interesting one... Klein deepened the cuts, even in the face of an increasing global price of oil, he just keeps giving it away.