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Originally Posted by Slava
That, or perhaps the Liberals are ahead of the game here? The services people want from their government cost money so at some point either revenue increases or services get cut. At least there's nothing hidden here.
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Well, to me the problems Alberta is having with its budget stem from cutting when things go down, then trying to catch up when everything's expensive (anti-Keynesian spending going back to the the Klein days, mayber further). Then add stuff like Redford cutting a deal with a special interest group (teachers). There are efficiencies that can be realized in healthcare (let's focus on quality of life, not quantity). The federal government is already going to give us an extra billion with the new funding formula.
The education thing is different. It may be that the government gets a good ROI on a 100% education subsidy. But if the students are getting value out of their educations they should be willing to contribute for that. We can facilitate that through loans.