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Originally Posted by octothorp
And yet, in Alberta we have such a resource, we had a Premier 40 years ago who talked about specifically this and even created a fund specifically to save and later invest in public interest projects, and yet every conservative premier since then has neglected both investing in the fund, and in immediate public works programs in favour of corporate tax cuts and populist hand-outs.
One can only imagine why people have grown cynical about Conservatives talking about how we can use O&G revenue for public good.
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Hey man, we can count on them to get this boom right. Sounds like a massive windfall coming, so we should have some sweet corporate tax breaks in the next election.