Comments for 0 at http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:59:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080723142741/opinion/columns/high-time-for-another-tax-cut.html#comment-9264 If you sell something cheaply, you'll sell lots of it. Thats what happening in the BC oil/gas scene. To give a comparison, BC charges a maximum of 27%/mcf/d, while AB reformed their royalty structure to charge up to 50%/mcf/d (natural gas). Some investment was threatened in AB, but when your dealing with a non-renewable resource, it gets more valuable. BC, in turn, managed to double AB royalty revenues by double (BC-$1.8 billion, AB-$900 million, 2007). To make matters worse, much of the drilling and production being done is spearheaded out of Calgary, AB comes in, goes to work and takes that money back to AB...but BC get its royalties though. This is a joke. BC gave away BC rail, BC hydro, the forests and now oil and gas. Sell enough goods cheaply and quickly, you'll make money, but how much of it actually benefits those that supposedly own these resources...the residents of BC. - maverick Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:11:21 +0100 http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080723142741/opinion/columns/high-time-for-another-tax-cut.html#comment-9262 u got that one right - sledhead37 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:43:28 +0100 http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/20080723142741/opinion/columns/high-time-for-another-tax-cut.html#comment-9259 A tax cut does absolutely nothing for the lower-income wage earner. Scrapping the carbon tax and pulling in the reins on heating-fuel increases would be more sensible in the long run, because 1) Natural Gas is clean burning, according to the pundits of not so long ago, right?--or were you guys lying through your teeth again?-- and 2) the carbon tax is nothing but a punishment for needing to stay warm and punitive taxes do nothing positive for the economy OR the environment. Methinks you'd better take off the orange-colored blinders, big guy, and take a good long look at the real world we live in up here. Your freebie campaign for the Liberals is beginning to wear thin, I'm afraid. - allniter Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:49:30 +0100