#prenticeblamesalbertans

Right, so when the price of oil is high enough and the royalties seized by the provincial gov't (a chunk of which is in-turn seized by the federal gov't) seems to cover their extraneous spending - nobody has anything to complain about. Then all of a sudden a foreign cartel consisting mostly of dictators and theocrats decides flood the market, tanking the price. In response to this, the collective Albertan reaction is to magically transform into armchair econ majors and demand that we "up our take" to compensate for a fiscal issue that the oogey-boogey oil companies didn't even create.

Now, I get it, the oil companies have infinite money right? They're corporations so there's no need to read up on this shit, they're auto-rich and auto-evil, we all know that. They (probably) eat babies, we've (practially) seen it with our own eyes! SO. Here's the plan: we just loot their revenue to make up for the money they stopped giving us because they... uh... no longer make enough.

And... then everything should go back to normal? That about right? No job loss or anything. No projects cancelled. Nothing like that. Because I mean, even though it obviously couldn't happen because reasons, it sure would be a pain if we upped our take to cover our bills, only to find a year from now that the new take has shrunken even more for SOME INCOMPREHENSIBLE REASON, requiring us to increase it again... but surely that wouldn't happen! Right? I mean I for one have never read a single fucking word regarding economics, so like the rest of us, I really can't imagine what could go wrong. But I have seen the Suncor guy's house in McMurray. Haven't you? I mean. Wow. Somebody get that guy. Don’t worry by the way, I hate his guts for a plethora of moral reasons deeply rooted in my conscience, and not because I’m part of a worldwide memetic trend of mind-bendingly hypocritical prejudice towards anyone better off than I am. 

Honestly I don't know why so many Albertans are still showing such restraint. Surely you Vulcan paragons of logic must know that we'd have impeccable roads, free healthcare including dental AND birth control as well as a million other little benefits if we'd just seize 100% of oilfield revenue. You think I'm joking? I'm just rolling with the rest of the group! After all, we've already determined that it's 100% above board to soak private industry when (through no fault of their own) the pie has shrunk to the point where our extorted piece of it no longer pays the bills. So why play these games? Let's go full Venezuela and NO don't read anything about that country or PDVSA, just trust me they're doing great, it's really sunny there and everything, you can grow your own bananas, seriously it's fucking paradise.

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#PrenticeBlamesAlbertans goes viral after premier's 'look in the mirror' remark

Premier Jim Prentice has stirred up a whirlwind of anger by saying Albertans need to "look in the mirror" if they want to know who is responsible for the province's fiscal mess. The Twitter hashtag #PrenticeBlamesAlbertans went viral Thursday with a torrent of sarcasm, memes and outrage, and was a top trender in Canada for a time. NDP Leader Rachel Notley demanded Prentice and his four-decade-old Progressive Conservative government publicly apologize for "profoundly insulting" Albertans.

When you've been in government for 43 years, the least you can do is take responsibility for what you've done.

Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley

The controversy ignited after Prentice spoke about the fiscal crisis the province faces on a CBC radio call-in show Wednesday. "In terms of who is responsible we all need only look in the mirror," he said. "Collectively, we got into this as Albertans and collectively we're going to get out of it.'' Two of his senior ministers, Finance Minister Robin Campbell and Health Minister Stephen Mandel, told reporters in Calgary they didn't hear the premier's comments. But they also said they believe they were taken out of context because the remarks don't reflect what Prentice believes. The Twitter world, however, responded with a viral vengeance. Tweets had Prentice sarcastically blaming Albertans for everything from the demise of the dinosaurs to the play call that cost the Seattle Seahawks the Super Bowl.

PCs replace election signs with 'lawn mirrors' to remind everyone who is to blame for woes.#PrenticeBlamesAlbertans

Ok these Jim Prentice memes are GOLD.

This stemmed from comments the Alberta Premier made about how Alberta's economic woes are Albertans fault 'look in the mirror'.

Social media delivered with #PrenticeblamesAlbertans and these memes.