Mike's Daily Comment

The Big Winner In The Kinder Morgan Pipeline Dispute

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The discount on Canadian oil shipped to the US hit a 5 year record a few weeks ago.  That’s a multi-billion dollar subsidy paid by Canadian producers, the federal and Alberta government because we can’t get our oil to international markets. Where’s the thank you note from the Americans to John Horgan and Andrew Weaver?

Hijacking Issues

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Pre-conceived agendas and ideologies quickly bury any chance of tackling important issues – makes one question how anything will get done. 

Owning a Pipeline

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Taxpayers payed a net $4.175 Billion for the Kinder Morgan Pipeline.  Now that we all own the pipeline, is it in the best interest if it succeeds or fails?

When In Doubt – It’s Global Warming’s Fault

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Okay, this is getting a bit much.  When the global warming crowd starts blaming a US Open Tennis upset on Global Warming – is there anything left that isn’t the fault of climate change? Nope. I can hear Al Gore saying I told you so. Starts at the 47:55 mark

It’s Straight Forward But Somehow Our Politicians Don’t Get It

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Federal tax revenues from those people in the highest tax bracket dropped $4.6 billion because our big tax, big spend politicians can’t seem to understand that when prices change – so does behavior. Starts at the 33:57 mark

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