Sask Party Platform Welfare for Oil, Wake up

[blackpowder]

Well that may be partly true. But your issues are your own.
Hell, I've had some highly govt paid specialists tell me my time with my children must be all about "fun" or they wont want to be with me.
And then, I know some other highly paid specialists working with people who cant work because it isnt fun!
What *** mess would you rather clean up riders?

[WiltonRanch]

Riders have you ever worked in the patch or lived in a patch town? I assume you live on the east side of the province where wages are lower and agriculture is the main driver. You complain about high oil wages and guys blowing their money. Yes it's hard for us in the ag economy to compete with this but it is also hard to shoulder the economy ourselves when there are no other industries around to shoulder the burden or high paid oil wages blowing money into the economy. Yes there guys who made $200000 a year with little to show but there are also lots who bust their asses and risk their lives to save money and live within their means. Besides all these high paying oil workers are taking pay cuts to keep their jobs. The biggest reason oil jobs pay higher is because of a competitive labour market. Now there are more workers and fewer jobs so companies can cut wages and rates on contractors. My family members who haul oil have seen a 30% reduction in their haul rates to keep working. They're still making it work. So when I see some generalized comments about oilfield workers being overpaid scum I am taken aback. Just because people live so far from oil activity and don't see how much money it contributes to the economy in jobs,royalties, wellhead tax, and income taxes. I am completely ignorant about potash and mining in general as I am about what goes on in east Saskatchewan but I don't start slamming the people who work in that industry or those in unions.

[riders2010]

East sask is likely worse off than here.
and you make the point, if you are in oil life is good. But if not all that the oil has done is drive up the costs for us. It has not seemed to provide more money than expand roads etc into areas where they are developing oil. All those years of high oil prices we should be seeing huge benefits everywhere in the province, and I just doen t see it. And in one short year the province is broke? There should be oil in the province but if you re going to go all in there better be benefits to everyone not just those in it because indirectly it is costing the rest of us lots.

[riders2010]

East sask is likely worse off than here.
and you make the point, if you are in oil life is good. But if not all that the oil has done is drive up the costs for us. It has not seemed to provide more money than expand roads etc into areas where they are developing oil. All those years of high oil prices we should be seeing huge benefits everywhere in the province, and I just doen t see it. And in one short year the province is broke? There should be oil in the province but if you re going to go all in there better be benefits to everyone not just those in it because indirectly it is costing the rest of us lots.

[riders2010]

East sask is likely worse off than here.
and you make the point, if you are in oil life is good. But if not all that the oil has done is drive up the costs for us. It has not seemed to provide more money than expand roads etc into areas where they are developing oil. All those years of high oil prices we should be seeing huge benefits everywhere in the province, and I just doen t see it. And in one short year the province is broke? There should be oil in the province but if you re going to go all in there better be benefits to everyone not just those in it because indirectly it is costing the rest of us lots.

[riders2010]

Sorry about multipost not sure why?

[blackpowder]

In my small town in E AB, all the 30 something farm wives drive caddy and lincoln suvs.

[riders2010]

Well that's good to see gender equality for opportunity for women butlers. Must be an ndp thing. Lol

[riders2010]

Dang spellcheck. Was supposed to read butlers and chaufers.

[sawfly]

the high oil prices and boom really pumped a lot of $ in , good grain prices
and crops = good economy.
farm wages went way up, but that is a good thing, everyone paying taxes lightens the load for everyone.

whether govt.s and individuals were prudent enough to save for this is another matter.

as for oil patch help.

i know personal y that a lot of the old wells were sold off to small corp.s and individuals. the reason seemed pretty clear, to avoid liability and clean up costs.

it just does not seem right now for the taxpayer to get the bill for cleanup.

and if times are tuff, just like on a farm. you just don't do it now.
put off the expense.

rather than spend on EI, and people sit on their ass. pave some roads, fill potholes. maybe at 20$/hr.
not 80$/ hr. at least until oil comes back.