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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 64 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So we have money for this, but can't build public housing. Right.

If oil is so profitable, let the oil companies foot the bill themselves.

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly this. All that "free market" talk always seems full of promise and idealism and then the government OKs subsidies like this and it's just naked corporatism through and through.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The feds bought the pipeline in 2018. There is no private ownership.

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An important distinction. "Loan" feels like the wrong headline word to go with them; perhaps "budget" would be more accurate

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)