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Originally Posted by Knalus
Oil and gas wells decline. Without additional spending on new wells, the cash flow dries up. Alberta politicians did not understand this, till it was too late. Things have been corrected now, but it is possible Redford is dealing with the remnants of this disastrous miscalculation. Sorry, was.
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It's the job of a government to find what works, and do it for the good of the people, putting egos and personal gain aside. Every political party would have us believe that government should be run as a corporation, I even frequently have heard politicians referring to their constituency as their 'shareholders'. Politicians are our public servants, changed with governing an entity with more power than any business being run within its borders. It's a different animal.
I agree that initial costs should be incentive based to encourage growth, but the point where initial costs end should be definite and reasonable. That Stelmach found a problem and fixed it is laudable, but fixing small inconsistencies when obvious major issues are shoved under a rug is laughable. That we can't fix these problems anymore means that the corporations now have more power than our government, because the government is afraid or unable to wield the.power it has.
If we want to see a positive result from our next government, we should drop a half billion dollars into hiring a massive army of accountants and lawyers to deal with our issues, because we are being ridiculously outgunned.
I would love a premier who identified a serious problem, and dropped 800 starving accountants, and 200 idealistic lawyers on that problem until it was solved. I think it would be a justifiable expense. And we're the people, the politicians are our representatives. If we want 1000 attack suits to crush our adversaries, you know what? We can do that.
Of course we would require honest politicians first. And possibly a free and engaged media. Crap.
Late on a Sunday, I'm starting to ramble like an 80 year old man. To be true to the thread, I'll shake my fist in the air, and blame Redford for that.