Originally Posted by
OngBonga
Taxing private energy companies isn't much of a solution to me. Nationalising them is. Shareholders shouldn't be making profit from energy, the state should be.
I'm mostly capitalist, but where essential infrastructure are natural monopolies, where no true competition exists and people have no choice but to consume, I lean socialist. If the state is making this profit, it's significant enough to allow for reduced tax, which in turn stimulates the economy. A little bit of socialism is good for capitalism.