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Originally Posted by DJones
That's nonsense.
Tax increases, coal shutdown, mortgage stress test, minimum wage increase, pipeline blockages, increased regulations, interest rate hike, messing with the balance pool. Hell, an idiot involved in approving permits can screw everything up.
Governments affect the economy in countless ways.
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And there was the whole we're not getting our fair share and we'll review royalties, essentially putting new investment on hold waiting for the governments review. Then to have them come back and say, yeah, well, I guess we are actually getting our fair share.
All at the cusp of the downturn.