If pushed, I'd have to agree...it probably isn't entirely fair.
The miner should probably pay LESS tax than the accounting firm, because they have to take a far larger risk to actually find a resource in the first place, and, assuming they can prove up a resource, take on all the substantial financing, environmental and native title risks as well. Once they've done this, no matter how good an employer, or corporate citizen they are, their business is kaput once the resource runs out.
