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Originally Posted by Corrado
Easy to say when your net worth is over 2 Million. Good on you, I don't begrudge hard working rich people, but to the rest of us, this is killing us. The economy is based on transportation and no matter what vehicle you drive, it is damn expensive to put gas in. It will effect the whole economy, people will have to stop spending in other areas and this is not good for the economic recovery. The government can lessen some of the ridiculous taxes on the gas to ease the pain, but of course, they do not care.
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...and you shouldn't begrudge me.
I busted my ass to get where I'm at now.
Started roughnecking in Northern Alberta when I was 17.
Continued in the summer months to pay for my university.
When friends were laying on the beach, I was working 12 hr. shifts 15 days on 5 days off.
Worked 13 years in the North Sea, 3 weeks on, 3 weeks off. I lost track of the number of Canadians and Americans who worked one or two trips and then quit cause they couldn't hack it.
Worked 3 1/2 years in Yemen and 1 1/2 years in Nigeria. No picnic there either.
I hear what you're saying though. It's quite a conundrum.
Should we be asking for short term tax relief which would make the deficit worse, allow people to burn cheap fuel at a high rate which would not encourage people to adjust their lifestyle and which would only succeed in pushing the inevitable a few years down the road, effectively putting the burden on our children?
There are no easy answers and only difficult choices ahead.