When it comes to the government, I have to admit- its the funniest and most contrary job I have ever had. For example, we start swapping out our fleet of staff cars for more fuel efficient vehicles and hybrids for the local run vehicles to save fuel.
Then the other part of government cries because the low gas price is... hurting the economy?
And another part lavishes in the low price because tourism increases due to the low gas price.. but it lowers our dollar? Which I would think would bring people over the border to buy more.... But this hurts our economy...?
And because there is an excess of fuel they cant get rid of, people in the oil patch are being laid off because there's too much fuel Well Duh. Gouge us long enough and we will find ways to make our gas go further, and we wont travel as much. And now you cry and fire people because you failed to realist that the higher you crank the price of it, the less we use and less we buy? Derp! Hurr durrr.. Deeerp!
I think its more like... "You guys have more money now that your not shelling it out on gas, but now your not spending it from a place where I profit" whining.
They don't get it. Keep the gas price low and we will use more because we will travel more. You profit less each time we will up, but if its cheap we will fill up more often. Gouge us at the pumps and we wont buy at all.
As for the government. I work in the government and its the same song and dance. We get a budget to replace our vehicles every 5-10 years depending on the vehicle. We purposely select the cheapest, most fuel efficient vehicles we can that are manufactured in Canada (if possible), usually in orders of 50-100 at a time.
But of course, those small vehicles we want to buy aren't discounted by the manufacturer! So by the time we get all the fleet discounts applied, the mid size vehicles are now the same cost as the compacts... Uhm.. Wait.. Huh?
As for the provincial government, yep... If you need any proof of this, look at the fellas with the e-cigarettes. Forget the millions of dollars that OHIP will save from not dealing with tobacco related sickness- were loosing money right now! Government has lost a ton of sin tax revenue because of people not purchasing cigarettes. Pack of Next cigarettes costs $3.95, the remainder is tax. In ontario that's around 6 bucks a pack. Well. Guess what. Now the province wants to regulate it. Hmm.... Makes ya think eh?
Capitalism. Where the money runs a country. Shouldn't be this way.
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