nojsts
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The only winners are big oil and a few select others.
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Yes, everyone will make more money and the prices will be higher for things and then everyone will be right where they are now, with the same money in their pocket, if not less. Everything catches up.
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Kolinaa
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All??????
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Hope they invest their "surplus" into roads & highways and other capital improvements accessible to drivers.
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RC_RACER
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all? like never and always. Very dangerous words. but go ahead and throw it out there, I'm sure it looks good to somebody!
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boniface4jesus
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Sounteresting. Almost like the two provinces are not interested in spreading their oil wealth with the rest of at least Canada.
I could be, and probably am wrong though.
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mailman79
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old news
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Aserdaten
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Not quite sure of what this news story is saying, but perchance it is primarily pertinent to Newfoundland & Labrador province. Comment by "Dancin" from Toronto might shed some light on the subject.
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nd73
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Wealth for all the citizens of a political entity that has drilled for oil in their own territory.
Do you think their standard of living has decreased because they drilled? Do you think the moose and caribou have become extinct because they drilled? Do you think they are dependent on their sworn enemies because they drilled?
Take a lesson, America!!
Drill in ANWR and off-shore, and wealth can be ours, too! Or at least reasonable gas prices.
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courier400
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line up, take a number.
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woos777
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Sur it will, won't it?
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yeah right
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ALL?????
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Dancin
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It will benefit those who have an investment. Apart from RRSP (401k) plans, there is little cash left over for investment in stocks. It's more likely used to get to and from work (which pays the bills, almost) and for food and for lighting/heating. After that, better find a second or third job.
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ESHI
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You better redefine the word ALL.
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Gerund1
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Share the wealth Premier Williams.
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CyanSquirrel
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Bah...gaining wealth by raping the earth (and other humans' pocketbooks =) is nothing to be salivating over.
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LukeIN
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I think this is a positive move on the goverments part!
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w4kh
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Canada seems to have government that works for the people... we are stuck with "W" and DickieBoy and their Big Business buddies who have done their best to weaken the dollar, kill incentives, keep the price of oil high, and screw the little guy...
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That good news for Newfoundland and Labrador they can really use it up there.
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well2
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Silver lining.....!!!!!
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CruisinLinda
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The difference is that the U.S. with oilmen Bush and Cheney in the White House give the oil industry tax breaks, while Canada collects severence tax and other taxes.
Oh, yeah, and Canada isn't borrowing about $3 billion a week on unending occupations of two countries like our borrow-and-spend administration.
[Edited by: CruisinLinda at 5/9/2008 10:24:39 AM EST]
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justpat
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How is it the oil companys are making all time money
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McNasties
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Canada's economy is abooot to go into the toilet too.
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It does not seem to help us in the here and now paying record prices on fuel.
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s6sputnik
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But the rest suffer?????Nice!
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Bush is close to going out of office so he is on top of the high price of oil. Hoping it goes up and up and laughing to the bank. Any body hear from vp cheney lately.
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Chazzer
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I wonder when?
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yeah they lie to make it seem good
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OK but be sure to save for a rainy day..........
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sounds like one governmental body is taking the current economic status to heart and doing something positive about it. Good for them
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All who own stock.
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PurplePuppy
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Pigs feed, HOGS GET SLAUGHTERED
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Remember this story when the market crashes. Every boom has a bust. Five years ago, real estate was going to make everyone rich and the government was loving the taxes. Now, California is facing a $20 billion deficit because Sacramento cannot control spending.
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This item should be mandatory reading for all members of congress. They will learn how to govern.
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CdnGlassLady
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You mean the province that has always needed all of those special programs and tax incentives might not .............. wowsers .......... but will they start to share with the rest of Canada or will they be like Alberta
waive the provincial tax, give a rebate to everyone living in that province then turn around and ask for federal tax dollars to assist with the mad cow disaster and fallout thereof
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spunky4443
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Alaska has so much Oil, that they don't know what to do with it, our People in Power, is what's hurting us.
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Mooseman1
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Excellent for Newfoundland, from rags to riches in a very short period of time. It's time they finally got a bigger piece for the pie! How the tables have turned, maybe Ontario will need equalization payments instead of Newfoundland. Imagine that...
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gasman50
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Time will tell
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trzeciak
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Great.
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BlueBike
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We all knew that oil was not forever and very little has been done.
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At least someone is allowed to drill. The idiots in our congress who don't have to pay for gas (or car payments for their luxury cars; we pick up the tab) keep refusing to allow our oil companies to drill for our own oil. All you liberals who keep putting these idiots in office have no right to complain about the price of gasoline.
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Apparently we were all worrying for nothing. I feel so much better now.
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And what happens when the oil wells run dry? They have spent every penny they took in. What happens then? You can't live of the Gov't coffers, without bankrupting it.
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bout time they stopped sucking off the rest of the country
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brogan56
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The only boom here is when the economy falls down and goes boom.
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Yea, I can't wait. I will be out of work because I cannot afford to drive to my job and I will be hungry because food prices will triple and I will be living on the street because I will lose my house due to the increase of every tax. State, township, and fed.
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This is only for those who has money to invest.
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We're saved!
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That is great news for them. But did anyone read this paragraph:
"n recent days, news reports have detailed how various people — seniors needing home care, others requiring medical services, such as portable oxygen tanks — have been turned down for public aid, and found no help in the blockbuster budget."
I thought socialized medicine was "better" than our system of healthcare.
Are they rationing healthcare?
Why call it "public aid" when it is an entitlement?
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