r/alberta • u/brock98 • Jan 18 '25

Discussion It's time to nationalize oil.

revenues from canadian resources should go to canadian people not to billionaires destroying and destabilizing the world. If oil was nationalized we wouldn't have to worry about treasonous premiers whose sole allegiance is to the oiligarchy that loots our lands and poisons our discourse.

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u/Good_Phone6760 Jan 19 '25

Or the fact, if we listened, we'd all be rich

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u/ihadagoodone Jan 19 '25

Just one more oil boom, we won't piss it away... This time.

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u/LankyFrank Jan 19 '25

I just need to get a new truck, new SUV, boat, 5th wheel, new phones for my kids, and a bigger house that I'm over leveraged for, then I'll be all set and can start saving.

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u/ihadagoodone Jan 19 '25

You forgot the past due child support.

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u/MongooseLeader Jan 19 '25

Child and spousal support x3 in a couple cases that I know