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Originally Posted by Sparks
We're like a guy who won the lottery, complaining about having to give a portion away to his (not well-off) family members. "Oh, to be them!" "Oh, they're lazy." "But, it's my money!"
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Wrong.
The crap that Alberta is only well off because of the oil is such a load of garbage that it is a worse stereotype than lazy Maritimers. At least when people call Martimers lazy people will point out that it is false. however, when ever people claim that Alberta wealth is due solely to having oil all that happens is that idiots pat each other on the back and agree.
The reason that Alberta is in the finacial and econmic place they are is because they were able to take advantage of that oil, make smart decisions to improve and encourage the development of the energy industry in the province, made tough decisions with the money they made during this boom and finally use thi time to diversify the econmy and make the province a desireable place for all corporations that when the oil is finished here Alberta will still have a strong economy much to the disappointment to other provinces and all the "Alberta is nothing without oil."
The oil and gas certainly has helped Alberta get to where we are today but to disregard all the factors that contributed to taking advantage of this oil is stupid and irresponsible.