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Originally Posted by SebC
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.
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I somewhat agree on the fiscal policy (I'm more Keynesian if I were to pigeonhole myself). I listened to Redford today and its hard to disagree with her on this though. Taking higher education out of it, for public education and healthcare we both need and expect a level of service. Eventually we have to have a discussion about how to fund these things.
As for healthcare I think I could fix that. Its just that the College of Physicians would hate me for it and I'm not sure the nurses union would be too fond either. Thats a whole other discussion though!