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Originally Posted by Resolute 14

I'm impressed at how you made all of those assumptions about my opinion on things from a four word statement.

Resolute, I made no assumptions of any of your remarks; I simply stated that the current system would be what bankrupt the province.

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

But really, please explain to me how you plan to pay for all of that while maintaining the current tax rate AND eliminating health care premiums?

This year alone is a 4 billion surplus. Also I am sure there are areas that spending can be reduced. Priority right now is health care and education as far as I am concerned. By investing in education now we save billions and make billions in the future by having a higher skilled labour force (more taxes because of higher incomes) less costs for business because they dont have to look out of province/country for labour.

Not to mention. how much do you think is spent on paying overtime, sick leave, stress leave because of the current system. Instead of paying all that money in inefficiencies, that money could be spend training new people to prevent those costs from happening.

As for the healthcare premiums, they atleast need to be adjusted so that it is a progressive tax not a regressive one.

*Doubling classroom spaces requires more teachers and more support staff at schools, not to mention more schools themselves.

Yes that is right it will cost more, but this is an investment and will save money in the long run. There are a lot of empty schools out there right now that can be utilized. Allow more chartered schools, they run more efficient. There are many ways to achieve this.

*How many other "high demand" workers are going to demand the same free educations and tax-free status? Sucks to be me, however, since I made the mistake of getting into a different industry, therefore I'm stuck paying for it.

Your not paying for anything, you are benifiting from it. There will be a doctor there for you when you need it. You wont be stuck in the hallway of a hospital because there are no nurses and rooms. Not to mention, these costs will eventually be recovered when these people start paying taxes.

*More classroom spaces and smaller classroom sizes again equals massive increases in staffing and infrastructure costs.

Large class room sizes, over worked teachers and uneducated children will result in massive costs to staffing and future efficency levels.

Everything you propose there costs, but you've suggested no means of paying for it. Change is easy when you are spending other people's money.

It's my money just as much as yours and like I explained, the way the economy is now, now is the time. Most of these costs will pay for themselves in the future.