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Originally Posted by Bunk
Well, most liberals (small l) are more effective at actually being good fiscal managers than most self-professed fiscal conservatives in North America.
I suspect 80+ percent of Albertans want sound fiscal management, but also want more socially progressive policy and a maintaining of public services. Albertans, as Peter Laugheed has long said, are by and large firmly moderate and not particularly ideological.
That's why I think casting yourself as 'true ideological conservatives' isn't going to garner Wildrose enough support to win government. I thought that was what electing Danielle Smith was about - she's the relative moderate and electable in the eyes of Albertans.
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I think the difference between being actually fiscally conservative and small l liberal 'fiscally conservative' is that the small l liberal types claim that simply having a balanced budget but with higher taxes/royalties and a larger government represents being fiscally conservative. In addition to being out of my bedroom I also want the government to be out of my wallet as much as possible too.
Redford promised more services, and a higher quality of existing services, without higher taxes. This won't happen and when it doesn't the choice she'll make won't be to provide less, it will be to tax more.