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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Frankly, I'd just like public sector employees in this province to recognize that their lifestyles are heavily subsidized by oil revenue, even if they don't work directly in the industry. I have a teacher friend who routinely demonizes the oil industry to her kids (and presumably, to her students as well). It's terrible for the environment, the companies are evil, etc. One of her tirades was accompanied by complaints about how little teachers make, and came only weeks before she jetted off with her kids to Hawaii for vacation. The hypocrisies compounded on hypocrisies left me speechless.
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Of this I agree with completely, I have a number of co-workers who think that oil and gas companies don't pay taxes and that they just get handouts from the government. The worst part is that they never have any evidence of such and it is near impossible to find anything that would convince them otherwise. These are people who have no problem in accepting their salaries and the benefits to living in a province such as Alberta, which is funding off of O&G revenue.
I find that to be frustrating because it seem as while I believe in compensating the public sector, I also realize where the money does come from.