The Alberta Liberals really fail to understand Alberta. Contrary to Liberal belief Albertan's don't vote PC because they're brainwashed into group think. Albertan's hold their nose and vote PC because deep down they don't trust the Liberals or NDP to manage the province without hijacking our economy. A majority of us have carved out prosperous lives in this province that are simply unattainable anywhere else in this country at any time. Beating around a 'we're going to change the way you live and how you do business and we're going to call you stupid sheeple when you don't vote for us' doesn't really make these people want to get up and vote Liberal. The whole 'Albertan voters don't get it' arrogance has to stop. The furthest left this province is willing to go is center-right relative to the rest of the country. Proposing policies that belong in the BC NDP policy book and then getting mad at Albertans for being idiots is no way to get democratically elected. David Swann will continue this.
The formula to victory here is to come out and support the 10% flat tax rate, support competative oil and gas royalty rates that are designed to keep the industry healthy and people in high paying jobs, come up with a health plan that doesn't invlove simply blindly injecting cash, and is unafraid to look outside the 'government pays, government delivers, pro-union' box if that's what's necessary to make things more cost and quality efficient. Then while delivering this platform attack the PC's as being an old tired party with many empty suits only in the game for the sake of power (I imagine that there's a boatload of corruption examples to uncover). Until then I don't vote Liberal, and I imagine I'm not alone on this.
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